City department

Library and Community Services

Lifelong learning & recreation. Includes Belle Haven Community Campus, senior center, multiple recreation centers, libraries, pools, athletic fields, preschools, youth camps. Also ~66,860 temp-staff hours (~32 FTE-equivalent).

$21,260,566

Proposed spending, FY 2026-27

All funds, not just the General Fund

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Summed from gl_transactions for Library and Community Services, fiscal year 2027, expense rows across all fund types. This department is budgeted for about 68 full-time equivalent staff.

What they do

Divisions

Library; Community Services; Recreation; Childcare; Senior Services

What it produces

By the numbers

290,000 hours

Childcare instruction hours provided

5,700 visits

Drop-in basketball visits

3,809 visits

Drop-in volleyball visits

11,900 people

Large-scale community event attendance

477,350 items

Library items circulated

18,390 people

Library program attendees

850

Library programs held

programs

8,220

New recreation client accounts registered

accounts

128,630 hours

Recreation instruction hours provided

12,000 meals

Senior Center lunches served

11,000 trips

Senior Center shuttle trips

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Operating metrics are drawn from the performance_metrics table, sourced from the May 2026 budget workshop deck and Council staff reports. Each row records its own source document.

Spending over time

Five-year expense trend

FY 23$13,537,865

FY 24$15,127,786

FY 25$18,376,732

FY 26$19,353,170

FY 27$21,260,566

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Expense totals by fiscal year (FY 2023 through FY 2027) from the v_dept_summary view. FY 2023 to FY 2025 are actuals; FY 2026 is the adopted prior-year budget; FY 2027 is proposed.

How decisions were made

Recent Council actions

Council decisions tied to this department's projects, newest first. Expand any item to see what staff recommended and the source document.

No Council actions are linked to Library and Community Services yet. This part of the database is being expanded; decisions tied to specific projects will appear here as they are added.