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2024
Houston County Funding
used same allocation method as 2023
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SELCO - Houston County Contract for Rural Library Service
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Per Contract
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1173,491
Allocate based on rural circ
2023
$189,697 + $30,000
$219,697
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2$20k20,000
for salaries & hours
2024
$193,491 + $30,000
$223,491$3,794
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Base193,4912025
$197,361 + $30,000
$227,361$3,870
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3$30k30,000
each library receives $6,000
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Total223,491
Total Allocation per contract
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1. Allocate using the formula we have in place for rural usage.
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Allocated based on the 3-year average percent of rural circulation (second preceding year + 2 previous years). Rural circ includes Overdrive.
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2020202120223-Year20232024
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RURAL CIRCULATIONRURAL CIRCULATIONRURAL CIRCULATIONAverage %BASE173,491
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Caledonia 7,990 23.04% 6,973 19.92% 7,240 20.17%21.05%36,408.4636,513.16
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Hokah 3,378 9.74% 2,959 8.45% 2,800 7.80%8.67%14,812.6615,034.65
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Houston 10,076 29.06% 10,111 28.89% 11,088 30.90%29.61%50,331.4451,377.76
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LaCrescent 8,519 24.57% 9,369 26.77% 10,242 28.54%26.62%44,634.7146,191.92
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Spring Grove 4,715 13.60% 5,586 15.96% 4,518 12.59%14.05%23,509.7524,373.52
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Totals 34,678 34,998 35,888 100.00% 169,697 173,491
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2. The additional $20,000 is specifically for addressing salaries and hours. Each of our five libraries will receive a base of $3,000 to spend on improving hourly
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wages of existing staff, hiring additional staff, or adding in hours for existing staff. The remaining $5,000 is to be divided as follows:
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HOK: $2,226
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HOU: $2,171
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CAL: $603
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$20kRemaining$20K
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Base$5kALLOCATION
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Caledonia3,000.00603.003,603.00
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Hokah3,000.002,226.005,226.00
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Houston3,000.002,171.005,171.00
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LaCrescent3,000.000.003,000.00
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Spring Grove3,000.000.003,000.00
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Totals 15,000 5,000 20,000
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3. The additional $30,000 will be split evenly among libraries - $6,000 each
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$30K$20k$173,4912024 TOTAL%2023 TOTALChange from Last Year
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ALLOCATIONAllocationAllocationALLOCATIONALLOCATIONDollarsPercent
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Caledonia6,0003,603.0036,513.1646,11620.63%46,011.001050.23%
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Hokah6,0005,226.0015,034.6526,26111.75%26,039.002220.85%
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Houston6,0005,171.0051,377.7662,54927.99%61,502.001,0471.70%
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LaCrescent6,0003,000.0046,191.9255,19224.70%53,635.001,5572.90%
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Spring Grove6,0003,000.0024,373.5233,37414.93%32,510.008642.66%
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Totals 30,000 20,000 173,491 223,491 100.00% 219,697 3,794 8.34%
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