Budget
2025-26 Proposed Library Budget
2025-26 Proposed Budget for the Liverpool Public Library
The vote will be held on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 from 6 a.m.-9 p.m. at the (NEW LOCATION THIS YEAR) District Office board room • 195 Blackberry Road
What will the tax impact be?
A 2.73% tax impact is at the allowable property tax cap.
Highlights for the 2024 fiscal year include:
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We offered more than 1000 events and activities to educate, inspire, and engage patrons of all ages throughout the year.
- We launched our inaugural Artist-in-Residence program. Patrons loved the workshops and open studio hours.
- Reading Buddies finished its second year thanks to a grant from the Literacy Coalition of Onondaga County. Designed to help students in grades 1 – 4 improve their reading skills by working one-on-one with a trained “Reading Buddy”, nine older “buddies” from LCSD worked with almost 30 young children.
- We launched our LPL Mobile app. It increased accessibility to our patrons by providing many services in one place on their devices. The app allows people to check out items, reserve rooms, register for events, and much more.
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Items Checked Out (Physical & Electronic) 465,615
Participants for Summer Reading 513
Children’s Programs Offered 620
Total Children’s Program Attendance 11,478
Adult Programs 343
Adult Program Attendance 5,479
One-on-One Programs 1,109
WiFi Use 17,078 Sessions
Computer Sessions 15,491
Website Sessions 173,704
Past Budgets -
Budget Vote Year |
Budget Vote Status |
Board Members Elected |
Budget Files |
| 2024-25 Library Budget | Voters passed the 2024-25 LPL budget by the count of 1,137-356 on Tuesday, May 21. |
There were no open Board of Trustee seats this year. |
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| 2023-24 Library Budget | Voters passed the 2023-24 LPL budget by the count of 1,731-678 on Tuesday, May 16. |
Board Members Elected:
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| 2022-23 Library Budget | Voters passed the 2022-23 LPL budget by the count of 1,740-409 on Tuesday, May 17. |
Board Members Elected:
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| 2021-22 Library Budget |
Voters passed the 2021-2022 LPL budget by a count of 943-193 on Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Below is a copy of the approved 2021-2022 budget side-by-side with the previous year's budget. |
Board Members Elected:
The board appointed Dennis McLaughlin for a one-year term. |
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| 2020-21 Library Budget |
The budget votes were counted on Wednesday, June 17. The library budget passed 5,019 to 1,752. Due to the pandemic all the voting was done completely by absentee ballots. On Friday, May 1, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order regarding the annual Liverpool Central School District (LCSD) and LPL Budget Votes and Board elections. What would typically take place on the third Tuesday in May at the school will now be held remotely on Tuesday, June 9.The vote will take place exclusively by absentee ballots. |
Ashley Gouger was voted in as Trustee with 5,639 votes. | |
| 2019-20 Library Budget |
The library budget vote was Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at the former Wetzel Elementary School The budget passed 1,062 to 241. |
There were no open Board of Trustee seats this year. | |
| 2018-19 Library Budget |
The library budget vote was on Tuesday, May 15, 2018 from 6am-9pm at the Liverpool High School, 4338 Wetzel Rd. The budget passed 1018 to 275. |
Denise Baker was elected board trustee with 1021 votes. | |
| 2017-18 Library Budget |
The Library Budget Vote was Tuesday, May 16, 2017 from 6am-9pm at Liverpool High School Gym. The budget passed 1086 to 271. |
Board Members elected:
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