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Resolution No. 26 (2023)
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING LIBRARY LEVY FOR 2024 BUDGET
COVER MEMO
TO: County Board of Supervisors
FROM: Ken Witt, County Administrator
DATE: August 1, 2023
AGENDA ITEM: Resolution Establishing Library Levy for 2024 Budget
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This is the annual resolution for funding libraries. The formula is fairly straight forward. We pay
for every item circulated that was checked out to a member of community that does not operate
their own library. State law requires a minimum funding level of 70%. St. Croix County has
historically funded at 100% of the costs. The library levy is a special purpose levy, not limited by
levy caps, and is only assessed against the communities that do not support their own local
library. This library levy includes additional funding for hot spots.
Resolution No. 26 (2023)
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING LIBRARY LEVY FOR 2024 BUDGET
1 WHEREAS, Wis. Stat. § 43.12 requires that counties reimburse libraries for the cost of
2 serving residents living within municipalities located in the county that do not have their own
3 municipal library; and
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5 WHEREAS, such residents are referred to in Wisconsin library finance terms as “rural
6 residents;” and
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8 WHEREAS, the cost is determined by dividing the total operating expenditures by the
9 total number of circulations and then multiplying that amount by the number of actual
10 circulations provided to rural residents of the County who have used that municipal library; and
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12 WHEREAS, the County, in its Plan of Library Service 2019-2022 (“Library Plan”), has
13 determined that it is just and proper to reimburse the libraries at no less funding than the full cost
14 (100%) of providing library services to rural residents.
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16 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that St. Croix County shall pay all
17 municipal libraries serving residents living in municipalities that do not have their own
18 municipal library 100% of the cost of rural circulation by March 1, 2024.
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20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be reflected in the County’s budget
21 for 2024.
Legal – Fiscal – Administrative Approvals:
Legal Note:
Fiscal Impact: Establishing the Library Levy becomes a portion of the 2024 budget. As a special
purpose levy, we receive the funds from the taxpayers and pass it along to the local
libraries.
07/18/23 Administration Committee RECOMMENDED
RESULT: RECOMMENDED \[UNANIMOUS\]
MOVER: Paul Berning, Supervisor
SECONDER: Bob Feidler, Supervisor
AYES: Long, Koch, Berning, Feidler, Counter
Vote Confirmation.
St. Croix County Board of Supervisors Action:
Roll Call - Vote Requirement – Majority of Supervisors Present
RESULT: ADOPTED \[UNANIMOUS\]
MOVER: Paul Berning, Supervisor
SECONDER: Shawn Anderson, Paul Adams
AYES: Lind, Anderson, Long, Leaf, Adams, Berning, Ottino, Feidler, Ostness, Counter,
Hansen, Sherley, Tellijohn, Carlson, Barcalow, Swanepoel, VanSomeren, Ramberg
EXCUSED: Carah Koch
This Resolution was Adopted by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors on August 1, 2023
Christine Hines, County Clerk