<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">WOW! Thank you all for your responses and comments!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I got about 20 responses from all different classes - they ranged from 46.6% to 75%.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Joe Hamlin also sent a spreadsheet from the 2020-2021 state aid reports (attached). The average of all libraries was 61.3% for that year. Thanks Joe!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Have a great day everyone!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Perri</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 11:05 AM Hamlin, Joseph (MDE) via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello Perri,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I saw your message to MichLib-L this morning. I have attached an Excel spreadsheet showing the % of Library Expenditure spent on staffing, in a table format. This data is from our most recently available Annual Report Data collected for
the FY 2020/2021 reporting period.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Joe<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Adobe Caslon Pro Bold";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Joseph Hamlin<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Adobe Caslon Pro Bold";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Library Data Coordinator<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Library of Michigan<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">702 West Kalamazoo St.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">P.O. Box 30007<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Lansing, MI 48909-7507<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Ph: 517-335-1501<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:hamlinj2@michigan.gov" target="_blank">hamlinj2@michigan.gov</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Perri Saunders via Michlib-l<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 18, 2022 9:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] wage percentage of budget<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">We're class II, but I'm interested in all sizes of libraries:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">What percentage of your total budget accounts for wages and benefits?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">I want to stay in line with the norm, but I don't know what the norm is.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" size="4">Perri Saunders, Director</font><div><font size="2">White Pigeon Township Library</font></div><div><font size="2">102 N. Kalamazoo St., P.O. Box 399</font></div><div><font size="2">White Pigeon, MI 49099</font></div><div><font size="2">269-483-7409</font></div><div><font color="#0000ff" size="2"><u style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a href="mailto:p.saunders@woodlands.lib.mi.us" target="_blank">p.saunders@woodlands.lib.mi.us</a> </u></font></div><div><br></div><div><i><font size="4">Brighten the corner where you are.</font></i></div></div></div></div></div>