REPORT TO BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
SUBJECT
Title
Review and Discuss Library Budget Adjustments in the Proposed Biennial Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget for FY 2024/25 and FY 2025/26
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Enhance Community Engagement and Transparency
BACKGROUND
Since Fiscal Year (FY) 2018/19, the City of Santa Clara has prepared the City budget on a biennial basis, alternating annually between preparing a biennial Operating Budget and a Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget. The most recent Operating Budget, adopted in June 2023, provided budget planning for City operations for FY 2023/24 and FY 2024/25. The City is currently engaged in reviewing the Proposed Biennial CIP Budget for FY 2024/25 and FY 2025/26, which is scheduled for a second study session with Council on June 4, 2024. A public hearing and the adoption of the Proposed CIP Biennial Budget, which incorporates only a limited selection of Operating Budget changes and updates, is scheduled for Council review on June 25, 2024.
DISCUSSION
The Proposed Biennial CIP Budget for FY 2024/25 and FY 2025/26 includes several proposed changes to the Library CIP and Operating Budgets, highlighted here for review by the Board of Library Trustees. The complete proposed budget document is available for review on the City of Santa Clara website.
CIP Budget
Funding for two CIP projects are proposed in the FY 2024/25 and FY 2025/26 Proposed Biennial CIP Budget:
* Central Park Library - Public Safety Radio Coverage - $120,000
* Northside Branch Library - Automated Materials Handling System (AMHS) - $332,400
The Radio Coverage project would fund the installation of an Emergency Responder Radio Communications System (ERRCS), required by California Fire Code Sections 510.2 and 1103.2 to ensure minimum communication requirements for emergency personnel in the underground parking lot at Central Park Library. This communication system serves as a lifeline during emergencies, such as medical emergencies, fires...
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