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the contract for an outside vendor to catalog and prepare books for circulation • Bookmobile costs account for 14.5% of the budget and support the checking out of books at remote locations throughout the City • Branch costs (14.5%) relate to lending books at two locations and providing homework and tutoring assistance • Central library expenditures (49%) support research activities, local history room, learning center and youth activities, magazine backfiles and shut in services at the main location • Library's value is that it is a safe and wholesome place for children to develop intellectual capacity and academic skills during out of school hours • City population and the number of library card holders has increased and library staff has decreased • To meet increased demands, Library focuses on core business (youth), trains staff in total quality service, eliminated activities not related to serving the highest priorities for the largest number of residents, automated work activities, eliminated middle management positions, and, contracts out for selected services • Santa Ana is significantly under the California and Orange County averages in per capita library expenditures, book collections per capita, staffing, total hours of service, and state facility standards • Library is incrementally going out of business; if population grows at a slightly slower pace, the City will still require an annual library budget of over $10 million to match the California average at the end of this decade • City needs to weigh options including imposing a special library parcel tax or creating a library assessment district During the Council discussion on this item, Councilmembers requested that the City Manager schedule a Work Study Session in the future addressing the issue of Library referenda and the success of these measures in other California cities. Councilmembers also requested a future Work Study Session relating to joint use facilities Presentation by Personnel Services Executive Director Enrique Alva; highlights of this presentation are as follows: • Personnel Services Agency proposed budget - 3% ($1,325,883) General Fund; 35% Employee Benefits ($13,854,490); 1 % Quality Training ($402,395); 31% Liability ($12,310,530); and, 30% Workers' Compensation ($12,085,725) • Major issues include the following: • Rising cost of medical insurance • Loss of choice in employee medical plans • The rising cost of property insurance • Ensuring adequate reserves for liability and workers' compensation • New labor law legislation CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 195 MAY 30, 2001 T7- - .. ---