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Draft l - March 16, 1995 <br /> The volume of circulation transactions has gone from 34,976 per year to 72,151 <br /> items in FY94; a 106% increase. At the current level of circulation activity, FY95 <br /> transactions will exceed 80,000 items. The library has seen it's workload increase <br /> by an average of 14% per year with only minimal increases in hours worked by <br /> current staff. Adding additional hours to staffing has-been justified by the volume of <br /> patrons handled and items circulated for several years, but the Board of Trustees <br /> delayed their request because of the difficult financial situation facing the Town. The <br /> continuing growth rate in usage of library services makes it impossible to avoid <br /> requesting the staffing necessary to continue to provide the same level of library <br /> services to library users. <br /> Article 9. <br /> To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, borrow or transfer from <br /> available funds the sum of$8,841 to create a 19 hour Circulation Assistant position, <br /> Grade 3, Step 1, with said funds to be used as follows: $8,211 to the Library Salary <br /> and Wage Account, $120 to the Medicare Account, and $510 to the Social Security <br /> Account, or take any other action relating thereto <br /> Submitted by the Board of Library Trustees <br /> Explanation: The Library has not added a new position since 1988. Since that <br /> time, circulation and useage of the Library has increased from 34,976 circulation <br /> transactions per year to 72,151 transactions in FY94; an increase of 106%. In the <br /> current year, FY95, circulation transactions will surpass 80,000 items. The Library <br /> has delayed asking for aditional staffing over the last several years because of the <br /> difficult funding situation facing the Town, even though the increasing volume of <br /> circulation would have justified the request. The Library cannot continue to provide <br /> the same level of services without additional staffing. Adding an additional position <br /> will help the Library to continue to provide library and information services to it's <br /> patrons while coping with an average growth rate of 14% per year. <br /> Article I0. <br /> 0 <br /> To see if the Town will vote raise and appy nate, borrow or transfer from <br /> available funds the sum of $852 reclassify o Circulation Assistant positions <br /> from Grade 3, Step 5 Grade 4, Step d t�lassify a Library Assistant position <br /> from Grade 8, Step 5 to Grade 10, Step 3 r take any other action relating thereto. <br /> Subm\*� by the Board of Library Trustees <br /> Page 4 <br />