Exciting library plan needs budget fix. (Cedar Rapids Gazette editorial, 6/25/2011)
Excerpt: Behind all that anticipation and excitement is a nagging issue that planners, city leaders and citizens must begin addressing. When a new library opens, the city’s library system will face a sizable gap in its operating budget. An operating shortfall loomed even before the flood hit. And once staffing is ramped up to pre-flood levels to run a new library, that problem will only grow. Library Director Bob Pasicznyuk says the annual operating gap will be in the neighborhood of $1 million.
Building a new facility without accounting for its ongoing operating costs is the sort of thing that raises the ire of taxpayers. Discussions on how best to cover the gap should begin now.
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