KRL - Service Comparisons and Benchmarks

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Service Comparisons & Benchmarks

Kitsap Regional Library currently serves more registered borrowers, with less funding per patron, than similar Library Districts in Washington State.

How Kitsap Regional Library stacks up:

2005 Comparables	King County	Sno-Isle Regional	Pierce County	Timberland Regional	Kitsap Regional	Spokane County	Tacoma Public	Jefferson County
Service Area Population	1,183,855	618,410	505,535	429,598	240,400	232,076	198,100	18,855
Operating Income per Registered Borrower	$76.20	$62.89	$82.71	Not reported	$54.69	$63.04	$68.57	$84.79
Registered Borrowers per Capita	88%	69%	46%	77%	71%	48%	78%	69%
Expenditures per Capita	$62.81	$38.69	$35.78**	Not reported	$33.97	$29.28	$48.79	$61.28
Total Collection Expenditure per Circulation	$0.56	$0.59	$0.57	Not reported	$0.50	$0.51	$0.57	$0.44
Total Holding per Capita	3.07	2.36	3.06	3.91	2.67	1.72	Not reported	3.28
Population per Public Computer	967	1,483	4,861	2,322	1,551	1,612	1,230	1,886
Number of Branches	43	20	17	27	9	10	9	1
Square Footage per Capita	.41 sq ft	.32 sq ft	.41 sq ft	.47 sq ft	.37 sq ft	.35 sq ft	.87 sq ft	.86 sq ft
Mill Levy 2006	$0.46	$0.42	$0.40*	$0.44	$0.36	$0.49**	N/A	$0.42
Mill Levy 2007	N/A	$0.40	$0.48	$0.40	$0.30 projected	$0.50	N/A	$0.50*** anticpated

* The projected 2007 expenditures per person at Pierce County are $48.87, following a successful

September 2006 levy lid-lift to $.48 that will take effect in 2007

** Spokane County Library successfully passed a $0.01 levy lid-lift in September 2006, restoring their

$0.50 levy rate.

*** Jefferson County Library sucessfully passed a levy lid-lift to $0.43 in February, 2007 .

Sources: 2005 data is from the 2005 Washington Public Library Statistical Report

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KRL Mission Statement: Kitsap Regional Library serves the community as a center for lifelong learning and a steward of access to stories, information and knowledge

Board of Trustees: Jackie Aitchison, North Kitsap Representative (President); Teresa McDermott, Central Kitsap Representative (Vice President);

Anna Laurie, Bremerton Representative; Gail Mathison, South Kitsap Representaive; Althea Paulson, Bainbridge Island Representative