As WI communities try to curb their spending, libraries’ operating budgets keep rising

the Journal Sentinel reports While spending in municipalities has decreased over the years to meet declining budgets, operational costs among libraries have increased and in some cases have more than doubled the rate of inflation, a new analysis shows.
An analysis of data compiled by the Wisconsin Taxpayers Alliance comparing total operating expenditures in 2000 with 2003 operating budgets for all 46 public libraries in the Milwaukee metro area showed spending increases as high as 77%, with the Waterford and Rochester libraries topping the list.

May 23, 2005 by Uncategorized 0

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