The District of Columbia Public Library

FY 2018 Budget:
Summary and Comparison
Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Document #9B.2
Board of Library Trustees Meeting
 FY 2017 Budget
As of preparation of this report, Congress had not agreed to a budget for FY 2018, so
H.R. 601, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018, a Continuing Resolution (CR), is in
effect. H.R. 601 appropriated federal payments at the FY17 level (with the exception
of the Federal Payment for security costs) with a 0.6791% rescission. This CR
expires on December 8, 2017. An update of the Federal Appropriations will be
provided at the Committee and Board meetings, respectively.

Overall, the FY 2018 DCPL Operating Budget of $61,804,038 represents a 2.5%

increase above the FY 2017 Approved Operating Budget of $60,275,166. The FY
2018 Local Budget is $ 59,323,376 and is a 2.2% increase above the FY 2017
Approved Operating Budget of $58,023,808.

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 FY 2017 to FY 2018
Summary Budget Tables

FY17 FY18
Approved Approved %
Fund Budget Budget Variance ($) Change
0100 - Local 58,023,808 59,323,376 1,299,568 2.2%
0600 - Special Purpose Revenue 1,310,000 1,515,000 205,000 15.6%
8200 - Federal Grant 924,058 931,362 7,304 0.8%
8450 - Private Donations 0 17,000 17,000 0.0%
0700 - Intra-District 17,300 17,300 0 0.0%
Total 60,275,166 61,804,038 1,528,872 2.5%
Variance %
Fund FY17 FTEs FY18 FTEs (FTEs) Change
0100 - Local 548.8 558.3 9.5 1.7%
0600 - Special Purpose Revenue 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0%
8200 - Federal Grant 4.0 4.5 0.5 12.5%
8400 - Private Grant 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0%
0700 - Intra-District 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0%
Total 552.8 562.8 10.0 1.8%