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APRIL 5, 2023
RORY HOSKINS
JOHN DOSS
Library social worker job a new addition to budget Exact description of duties still being developed By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter
While the Forest Park Public Library is planning to spend less money during the upcoming 2023-2024 fiscal year, the budget includes several notable new expenditures. The library’s fiscal year begins on May 1 and ends on April 30 of the following year. The FY2023-2024 budget, which was unanimously approved by the library’s Board of Trustees during a March 27 special meeting, includes funding for a new staff member responsible for helping patrons who need social services. It also sets aside $10,000 for projects staff comes up with, so that, if there are good ideas, the library doesn’t have to wait until the next fiscal year to implement them. This was the first budget developed by new library director Vicki Rakowski, who started working at the Forest Park library in January. She said that, between the fact that she has experience developing a budget as the executive director of the Barrington Area Library District, as well as the fact that much of the budget came from department head requests, she didn’t have much
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