0:49
Kathy Bolling
89:04 - 89:53
"the borough, whether or not it— the library's gonna be a borough department, may decide to only allow the budget to increase 3%, 4%, 5% a year. And if you're If your costs are 8-10% in 5 years, are you also thinking about the impact if your budget gets reduced 15-20% in 5 years?"
“the borough, whether or not it— the library's gonna be a borough department, may decide to only allow the budget to increase 3%, 4%, 5% a year. And if you're If your costs are 8-10% in 5 years, are you also thinking about the impact if your budget gets reduced 15-20% in 5 years?”
- Speaker
- Kathy Bolling
- Timestamp
- 89:04 – 89:53
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Ketchikan
- Captured at
- July 9, 2026
From the transcript
Uh, the, the borough, whether or not it— the library's gonna be a borough department, may decide to only allow the budget to increase 3%, 4%, 5% a year. And if you're If your costs are 8-10% in 5 years, are you also thinking about the impact if your budget gets reduced 15-20% in 5 years? That's what we— not the 5% or not the 5-year scenario, but yes, we are looking at impact statements through those kinds of scenarios. Scenarios, or like 3 or 4% cap, hard cap on the library's budget.
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