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r, MEOW - 1 ! r'S:, INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION EXPERIENCE FORMULAS 63 PtH' 749 CALCULATED FOR 2000 INDIAN RIVER COUNTY POPULATION OF 140,310 BY INDIAN RIVER COUNTY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Seats for readers @ 3 per thousand population servered 420 88 20% 332 Staff @ 1 FTE per 2,000 population 70 18.5 26% 51.5 Staff work space @ 150 sq. ft. each 10,500 29900 27% 7,600 Dr. Beach then proceeded to summarize his recommendations: A.) Governance and Organization - This responsibility should be d rect y—assumeT6y ffie county.. The library system should operate as a consolidated system with branch libraries and function as a department of the county government with the head reporting directly to the County Administrator. B.) Personnel - The position of County Library Director should Se a newTy created position and advertised widely, although the present librarians should be given consideration, and the salary should be commensurate with the salary of other department heads. Staff should be expanded immediately by 5 full time employees to the level of 23.5 FTE. The Sebastian library staff should be increased by 3 in the 1986-87 budget and another 3 in 1987-88, and when the new Sebastian library opens, it should have a staff of 8. All should be county employees with proper job classification. C.) Materials Collection - This needs to be brought up to 1.8 books per cape a—wTtfi much more emphasis on non-fiction. To achieve this goal will require adding 17,000 books per year for five years. D.) Facilities - By 1987 construction should start on a new T BraT'yFn__Vero Beach, and a new library for the Sebastian area; a library for the South County by 1989; and for the West County 36 CURRENT NEEDED TO ACTUAL PERCENTAGE DEFICIT ITEM MEET STANDARD NO. OF STANDARD NO. Books @ 2.5 per capita 350,775 78,335 22% 272,440 Buildings @ .6 sq. sf. per capita 84,186 11,846 14% 72,340 Seats for readers @ 3 per thousand population servered 420 88 20% 332 Staff @ 1 FTE per 2,000 population 70 18.5 26% 51.5 Staff work space @ 150 sq. ft. each 10,500 29900 27% 7,600 Dr. Beach then proceeded to summarize his recommendations: A.) Governance and Organization - This responsibility should be d rect y—assumeT6y ffie county.. The library system should operate as a consolidated system with branch libraries and function as a department of the county government with the head reporting directly to the County Administrator. B.) Personnel - The position of County Library Director should Se a newTy created position and advertised widely, although the present librarians should be given consideration, and the salary should be commensurate with the salary of other department heads. Staff should be expanded immediately by 5 full time employees to the level of 23.5 FTE. The Sebastian library staff should be increased by 3 in the 1986-87 budget and another 3 in 1987-88, and when the new Sebastian library opens, it should have a staff of 8. All should be county employees with proper job classification. C.) Materials Collection - This needs to be brought up to 1.8 books per cape a—wTtfi much more emphasis on non-fiction. To achieve this goal will require adding 17,000 books per year for five years. D.) Facilities - By 1987 construction should start on a new T BraT'yFn__Vero Beach, and a new library for the Sebastian area; a library for the South County by 1989; and for the West County 36