Hennepin County LibraryEmployee forums – Summer 2009

Today’s agenda

• APEX update

• 2010 proposed operating budget

• Mission and vision update

• Strategic planning next steps

• Q&A

APEX Updates

•“Go Live” Oct. 12

•Ongoing APEX updates

•APEX training

•Policy changes

Excellence in accounting, finance, procurement and employee business practices

APEX Information Online

•HCNET>About Hennepin>APEX Project

•Connect•Operations Blog

Excellence in accounting, finance, procurement and employee business practices

2010 operating budget Instructions to all departments•4 percent reduction to property tax requirement•Include PERA and health insurance costs for employees

Library •Proposed reduction of $3 to $5 million to 2010 operating budget•Increase in operating expenses due to opening of Maple Grove and Plymouth•Reduction in merger funds from City of Minneapolis

Other factors•Governor’s unallotment•Human Services•Stimulus dollars•HCMC

Going forward

• Library under budget in 2008• Library has taken significant reductions in 2009

– dollars and FTE• Staff who filled positions that have been

eliminated have all been offered other positions in the Library. This practice will continue.

• Mission and strategic plan will give direction

Budget schedule

• Library meeting with County Administration Aug. 3• Library Board meeting Aug. 10• County Board briefing on 2010 maximum property tax levySep. 3• County Board adopts maximum 2010 property tax levy and

tentative budget Sep. 8• County Administration submits 2010 proposed budget Mid-Late Sep.• Library presentation to County Board Oct. 23• Commissioner amendments Nov.• Truth in taxation public hearing Dec. 3• County Board approves 2010 budget and levy Dec. 15

Why have a mission?

Shared mission for staff, Library Board and customersEssential for strategic decision-makingProvides focus for HCL as a premier library systemOnly successful if each of us lives the mission

Journey to defining our mission

Spring 2008• Staff “gallery walk” sessions • Library Board mission retreat• Presentation of draft statements at Library Board meeting

Summer 2008• Revised statements shared at Library Board meeting

Fall 2008• Decision to put mission decision on hold

Mission recommendation

Hennepin County Library’s mission is to nourish minds, transform lives and build community

together.

Strategic planning for 2010 and beyond

Strategic planning . . . •Defines purpose in terms of long-range objectives•Defines priorities for resource allocation•Aligns short-term action and resources with longer-term objectives

Successful strategic planning is . . . •Dynamic•Participatory•Responsive to the organization’s and customers’ needs•Practical

Q and A

Thank you

Augsburg Park . Brookdale . Brooklyn Park . Central . Champlin . East Lake . Eden Prairie . Edina . Excelsior . Franklin

Golden Valley Hopkins . Hosmer . Linden Hills . Long Lake . Maple Grove . Maple Plain . Minnetonka . Nokomis

North Regional . Northeast . Osseo . Oxboro . Penn Lake . Pierre Bottineau . Plymouth . Ridgedale . Rockford Road . Rogers

Roosevelt . St. Anthony . St. Bonifacius . St. Louis Park . Southdale . Southeast . Sumner . Walker . Washburn

Wayzata . Webber Park . Westonka

With community outreach through

the Readmobile, At Home Service,

Correctional Facilities for Men and Women,

Seniors Assisted Living Services,

and the County Home School