<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp17f8354eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Perri,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Joe Hamlin (517-335-1501) at Library of Michigan has the exact percentage, but if memory serves, statewide the average is 64% of a public library's budget is spent on the sum of all staffing expenses.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp17f8354esignature"><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">Dan Hutchins</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">Director</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">Van Buren District Library</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">200 North Phelps Street</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">Decatur, MI 49045</span><br style="font-family:Helvetica;"><a href="mailto:dhutchins@vbdl.org" style="font-family:Helvetica;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dhutchins@vbdl.org</a><br style="font-family:Helvetica;"><a href="http://www.vbdl.org/" style="font-family:Helvetica;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.vbdl.org</a><br style="font-family:Helvetica;"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;">269-423-4771</span></span></div></div>
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On Monday, April 18, 2022, 09:35:11 AM EDT, Perri Saunders via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv4454020280"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small;" class="yiv4454020280gmail_default">We're class II, but I'm interested in all sizes of libraries:</div><div style="font-size:small;" class="yiv4454020280gmail_default">What percentage of your total budget accounts for wages and benefits?</div><div style="font-size:small;" class="yiv4454020280gmail_default">I want to stay in line with the norm, but I don't know what the norm is.</div><div style="font-size:small;" class="yiv4454020280gmail_default">Thanks so much,</div><div style="font-size:small;" class="yiv4454020280gmail_default">Perri</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="yiv4454020280gmail_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 rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" ymailto="mailto:p.saunders@woodlands.lib.mi.us" target="_blank" href="mailto:p.saunders@woodlands.lib.mi.us">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></div>
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