Crown Point Library appropriations approved

September 11, 2025

The Crown Point Community Library’s budgetary appropriations, including nearly $15,000 for safety upgrades, were approved by the Lake County Council Tuesday.

Julie Wendorf, director of the Crown Point Community Library, presented the council last week with three budgetary appropriations: $197,500 from the library’s rainy day fund, $35,589 from the Library Improvement Reserve Fund, and $14,438 from the library’s excess welfare distribution fund.

Wendorf said she appreciates the approval of the appropriations.

“I am thankful that each project received approval, allowing the library to move forward with implementation,” Wendorf said.

The rainy day fund appropriation covers the cost of having to replace one-fourth of the library’s HVAC system, Wendorf said. In June, library staff discovered that one-fourth of the library’s HVAC system wasn’t working, and the appropriation covers the construction costs and the placement of three temporary units, she said.

The LIRF fund appropriation covers HVAC repairs that the library has completed since the beginning of the year, Wendorf said.

The library’s excess welfare distribution fund will go toward installing key fobs on doors for staff-only areas inside the library, Wendorf said.

“We’ve had some incidents at the Crown Point location that have made me want to double down on security and having safe places for staff,” Wendorf previously said. “We’ve had patrons gaining entrance to staff-only spaces that isn’t appropriate.”

The Lake County Council is the library’s fiscal body, Wendorf said, so to spend library funds not budgeted for requires council approval.

“I need approval to spend over our max allowable budget,” Wendorf said. “It’s not the county council’s money, it’s the library’s cash reserves.”

The council approved the appropriations Tuesday in a 5-0 vote, with Councilmen Ronald Brewer, D-2nd, and Pete Lindemulder, R-4th, absent.

Council President Christine Cid, D-5th, previously said the appropriations will not increase the library’s levy. Cid supported the appropriations.

“The capital improvements are necessary and they are utilizing current funds,” Cid said.

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