The Alachua County Library District (ACLD) Governing Board voted on a final budget and millage rate for fiscal year 2024 last week.
The district’s total budget for the year is $21,675,546, with $13,876,743 going to personal services such as TK. $6,766,634 is budgeted for operating expenses, and another $1,032,169 for non-operating expenses.
The millage rate will be 1.0339, a decrease from last year’s rate, but which is expected to bring in 7.04% more money than last year’s millage did. To produce the same amount of revenue as last year, the district could have applied the rollback rate of 0.9659.
Over the last 10 years, the district’s millage has decreased from 1.3857 mills. Last year’s rate was 1.0565, helping pay for the 584 open hours of library service per week at the district’s…
