Annual Report

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2008–2009 in Numbers:

Items were borrowed:	2008	2009
	2,062,929	2,118,971
Books	950,781	971,713
Magazines	31,784	32,842
Video Cassettes	136,597	102,194
Audio Books	51,922	51,081
CDs	154,849	151,561
CD-ROMs	16,816	15,783
DVDs	717,837	782,307
Misc. AV	1,637	1,323
Gaming Software	623	4,039
Undefined	5	70
Inter Library Loans	3,911

Registered Borrowers	74,619	77,204
percentage of the service area	65	67
People visited the Library	1,101,767	1,064,319
a daily average of	3,103	3,149
used the Main Library	433,380	421,795
used the 8 Branch Libraries	668,387	642,524
Reference questions answered	255,666	300,285
a weekly average of	4,916	5,775
Hours spent by people using the Library’s computers:	111,375	112,626

Readers participated in Summer Library Programs	10,125	9,248
children	5,763	5,331
teens	1,740	1,725
adults	2,622	2,192

Financial Statement

	2008	2009
Revenues
Public Library Funds (State Income Tax)	4,413,612	3,412,429
General Property Tax	3,426,123	3,613,195
Intergovernmental Funds	422,031	428,630
Customer Fines & Fees	221,176	234,886
Interest	136,993	78,115
Grants	0	17,550
Gifts	27,275	26,472
Loan Proceeds	0	90,000
Other Income	124,972	144,604
Total	8,772,182	8,045,881

Expenditures
Salaries	4,205,281	4,182,282
Employee Benefits	1,719,967	1,898,509
Supplies	221,805	166,932
Contract Services	1,034,112	1,035,481
Library Materials	1,103,075	1,241,504
Capital Outlay	204,106	405,174
Debt Service		2,020
Other	35,657	35,020
Total	35,020	8,966,922

Cash Basis Activity Summary
Cash Balance January 1	4,784,381	5,032,560
Plus Revenues	8,772,182	8,045,881
Minus Expenditures	8,524,003	8,966,922
Cash Balance December 31	5,032,560	4,111,519