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<br />City of Redwood City <br />FY 2007/08 Budget Amendments <br />Library <br /> <br />88 <br />Page 36 <br /> <br />PERFORMANCE MEASURES <br /> <br /> <br />Sunnyvale <br /> <br /> <br />Santa Clara <br /> <br />San Mateo <br /> <br />Redwood City <br /> <br />Mt. View <br /> <br />Car/sbad <br /> <br />i <br />I $20 $30 $40 $50 $60 $70 $80 $90 $100 <br /> <br />l' -..---------------. --...--..-.-----.....-'-.------. .-- . 'l i <br /> <br />III FY 2001-02 . FY 2002-03 0 FY 2003-04 D FY 2004-05 . FY 2005-06 . I <br />-~-=--:::=-=--.--.--........;::~=:.=::===--::.-:=-=:=~::-=-:::.-:.=:=:-::-:::===---::.=:=.:.=====~J <br /> <br />-) <br />j <br /> <br />Definition <br />Total actual expenditures for salaries, benefits, supplies, materials acquisition, special programs, and <br />contract services divided by the population served. This is how much money it costs to operate the <br />library system. Funding has a direct impact on usage, staffing, number of programs, hours open, and <br />visitors. However, more money does not necessarily mean more services and success; more money <br />means the opportunity for more services and success. Therefore. expenditures per capita can also be a <br />measure of organizational efficiency if compared to other measures such as operational statistics and <br />customer satisfaction surveys, <br /> <br />Analysis <br />The graph shows that our budget has been declining, though the current year has increased due to <br />higher employee costs. The chalienge is to increase existing service levels and still offer new services. <br />Indeed. our per capita allocation. when bench marked with other libraries, gives us the resources to <br />deliver excellent library service to the Redwood City community. <br /> <br />The library will continue to retool and reprioritize to deliver effective .and efficient services to the <br />community within the constraints of a status quo budget. We are exploring creative and collaborative <br />strategies to maintain our level of excellence and still build capacity in services for youth, education, and <br />cultural programming. Our streamlining and efficiency strategies that we have implemented have allowed <br />the library to continue its level of service and to actually increase our programs to youth. <br /> <br />Next Steps <br />We will continue to explore and experiment streamlining opportunities, staff allocation, and partnerships <br />to allow us to increase programs and services. In addition to continuing to look for intemal efficiencies, <br />the library continues to look for best practices in other communities and evaluate what can be modified <br />and implemented in Redwood City. <br /> <br />Library - 4 <br />