2024 Library Budget


The budget vote was held on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 8 AM to 8 PM, in our Reading Room.

The unofficial results of Middletown Thrall Library's 2024 public budget vote and trustee election are as follows:
YES: 145     NO: 53

Marlena Lange and Evelyn Ortega were elected to serve four-year terms on the Library's Board of Trustees.

A public hearing was held on September 13, 2023, at 7 PM.

If you have any questions, please call the Library Director at 1-845-341-5485.


The Library Budget

YEAR:                    2023               2024

GROSS BUDGET             $   4,187,845.00   $4,401,920.00
                                         (+$214,074; + 5.1%)
INCOME:

     Friends of Mdtn.       $   46,000.00    $  46,000.00
        Thrall Library
     Orange County
               Aid               1,500.00        1,500.00
     Fines & Fees                5,000.00        7,500.00
     LLSA (NYS Aid)             15,000.00       15,000.00
     Cash Surplus              200,000.00      255,000.00
     Town of Wallkill IDA            0.00            0.00
     City of Middletown IDA          0.00            0.00
     Interest                    6,000.00        6,000.00

     TOTAL                  $  273,500.00    $ 331,000.00
     

     LIBRARY TAX LEVY       $3,914,345.00   $4,070,920.00
                                            (+$156,575; +4.00%)



Summary 2023


CATEGORY


MATERIALS            $  361,520.00

OPERATING               415,500.00

SERVICE CONTRACTS/REPAIRS 
   & MAINTENANCE        105,575.00

ADMINISTRATION           64,500.00

FURNITURE & EQUIPMENT    81,550.00

SALARIES FULL-TIME    1,485,900.00

SALARIES PART-TIME      542,000.00

BENEFITS              1,131,300.00


TOTAL               $ 4,187,845.00



Summary 2024


CATEGORY


MATERIALS           $  361,520.00

OPERATING              415,000.00

SERVICE CONTRACTS/REPAIRS
  & MAINTENANCE        125,575.00

ADMINISTRATION          68,500.00

FURNITURE & EQUIPMENT   85,000.00

SALARIES FULL-TIME   1,565,900.00

SALARIES PART-TIME     596,000.00

BENEFITS             1,183,925.00


TOTAL              $ 4,401,920.00





Library Trustees

Marlena Lange, President
Frances J.. Amelio, Vice President
Shelley Milburn, Secretary
Tonia Crown, Financial Officer
Susan Wyman
Evelyn Ortega
Robert Smith

Library Director

Matthew Pfisterer

1-845-341-5485



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