Governor Deval Patrick's Budget Recommendation - House 1 Fiscal Year 2010

Governor's Budget Recommendation FY 2010

Board of Library Commissioners




Fiscal Year 2010 Resource Summary ($000)
DEPARTMENT FY2010
Budgetary
Recommendations
FY2010
Federal, Trust,
and ISF
FY2010
Total
Spending
FY2010
Budgetary
Non-Tax Revenue
Board of Library Commissioners 29,157 3,631 32,788 2

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account description amount
BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS 32,787,780
Budgetary Direct Appropriations 29,157,018
7000-9101 Board of Library Commissioners
For the operation of the board of library commissioners
1,042,272
7000-9401 Regional Public Libraries Local Aid
For aid to regional public libraries; provided, that the board of library commissioners may provide quarterly advances of funds for purposes authorized by clauses (1) and (2) of section 19C of chapter 78 of the General Laws that it considers proper to regional public library systems throughout the fiscal year, in compliance with the office of the comptroller's regulations on state grants, 815 CMR 2.00; provided further, that notwithstanding section 19C of chapter 78 or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Boston public library shall, as the library of last recourse for reference and research services for the commonwealth, be paid from this item an amount equal to $0.985 per resident in the commonwealth; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in calculating the fiscal year 2010 distribution of funds appropriated in this item, the board of library commissioners shall employ the same population figures used to calculate the fiscal year 2009 distribution
14,705,068
7000-9402 Talking Book Program - Worcester
For the talking book library at the Worcester public library
375,518
7000-9406 Talking Book Program - Watertown
For the operation of a statewide Braille and talking book program in Watertown, including the operation of the machine-lending agency
1,998,236
7000-9501 Public Libraries Local Aid
For aid to public libraries; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no city or town shall receive any funds from this item in any fiscal year when the appropriation of the city or town for free public library services is below an amount equal to 102.5 per cent of the average of the appropriations for free public library service for the 3 fiscal years immediately preceding; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the board of library commissioners may grant waivers in excess of the waiver limit set forth in the second paragraph of section 19A of chapter 78 of the General Laws in fiscal year 2010 for a period of not more than one year; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, of the amount by which this item exceeds the amount appropriated in chapter 194 of the acts of 1998, funds shall be distributed under the guidelines of the municipal equalization grant program and under the guidelines for the library incentive grant program and under the guidelines for the nonresident circulation offset program; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any payment made to a city or town from this item shall be deposited with the treasurer of the city or town and held in a separate account and shall be expended by the public library of the city or town without further appropriation
8,557,657
7000-9506 Technology and Automated Resource-Sharing Networks
For statewide library technology and resource-sharing programs
2,478,267

account description amount
Federal Grant Spending 3,429,359
7000-9700 Federal Reserve - Title I
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Federal Reserve - Title I
82,690
7000-9702 Library Services Technology Act
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Library Services Technology Act
3,346,669
account description amount
Trust and Other Spending 201,403
7000-9407 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust 200,000
7070-6610 Elizabeth P. Sohier Library Fund 1,403


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