07.08.20 BLC HandoutsJuly 7, 2020
To Library Commission
From: David Farnan, Library and Arts Director
Jennifer Phares, Deputy Library Director
Subject: July 2020 Library Budget Update
OVERVIEW
In May 2020, city departments primarily funded by the City’s General Fund (GF) were asked to submit
budget reductions for the current year (2020). Taking into consideration the impact of a prolonged closure
of library facilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic downturn, the team
assembled reduction proposals which represented 21 percent of BPL’s GF budget ($7,549,216). Part of
this included a 21 percent reduction in Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) staff positions. To preserve FTE and staff
positions, the team included a 17 percent reduction of the collection budget for acquisition of library
materials which is in the Library Fund.
The reductions accepted by the City’s Executive Budget Team totaled approximately 13 percent of BPL’s
GF budget which included the reduction from the collection budget in the Library Fund. Here is the
breakdown of the accepted 2020 reductions:
PERSONNEL AMOUNT OF REDUCTION
Termination of 50+ substitute staff members
(temporary city employees) and the associated
budget
$101,432
Ongoing, permanent, estimated salary
reduction from 8 FTE from layoffs or vacant
positions
$400,383*
Frozen vacant positions, estimated salary
reduction from 2.5 FTE (2020 retirements)
$240,933*
NON-PERSONNEL AMOUNT OF REDUCTION
Building 61 program supplies $30,000
Branch library supplies & courier service $12,500
Advertising $20,000
General supplies, staff furniture replacement $17,000
LIBRARY FUND AMOUNT OF REDUCTION
Library collection $182,203**
ESTIMATED TOTAL $1,004,451
*Total annual salaries used.
** The final reduction will be $100,000 of unallocated funds and $82,203 directly from the collection
budget, both in the Library Fund.
REQUEST FROM LIBRARY COMMISSION
In order to complete the required 2020 library budget reductions, staff requests a favorable
recommendation from the Library Commission to reduce the Library Fund in 2020 by $182,203.
From:Steven Frost
To:Joel Koenig; Farnan, David; Phares, Jennifer; Seaton, Celia; Juana Gomez; Jane Sykes Wilson; Scott Steinbrecher
Subject:Links Related to Policing Homelessness and Peer Navigators
Date:Wednesday, July 8, 2020 8:03:08 PM
Attachments:End of Policing Chapter 5 - Criminalizing Homelessness.pdf
External Sender
The 2018 City of Boulder - Homelessness Strategy
https://bouldercolorado.gov/homelessness/homelessness-strategy
Boulder Services for People Experiencing Homelessness
https://bouldercolorado.gov/homelessness/homelessness-resources
Factsheet on Homelessness in Colorado from the Alliance to End Homelessness
https://endhomelessness.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/CO-fact-sheet-2019.pdf
Homelessness is a complicated subject. The way we talk about it matters. https://www.endeavors.org/news/homeless-
vs-experiencing-homelessness-why-vocabulary-matters/
Daily Camera Article on Camping Violations in Boulder
https://www.dailycamera.com/2016/03/07/report-most-boulder-camping-violations-are-just-for-
camping/
Video featuring Cuica Montoya a DPL Peer Navigator
https://everwideningcircles.com/2018/11/05/denver-public-library-peer-navigators-fighting-
homelessness/
Funding Possibilities
Justice Assistance Grant from the Colorado Department of Public Safety’s Division of
Criminal Justice
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dcj/justice-assistance-grant-jag
https://endhomelessness.org/ending-homelessness/policy/?
emailsignup&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3ZX4BRDmARIsAFYh7ZKZOemIhTaph-
chO0fdKiuCM0mDDxgmkX0Jwu7EC3keiAk_yvwhjQgaAmO_EALw_wcB
https://www.driskillfoundation.org/
https://www.snpo.org/publications/fundingalert_bycategory.php?
cs=HOME&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3ZX4BRDmARIsAFYh7ZIuHgDpMtwFPmSmom9JKUNJXODkk61e-
jjAOxDrurcAc05xINVLlS0aAk3tEALw_wcB
https://www.hhs.gov/programs/social-services/homelessness/grants/index.html