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To: Corpus Christi City Council and Mayor Paulette Guajardo
Say No to Defunding Corpus Christi Public Libraries
For the FY 2026 Budget, Corpus Christi Public Libraries was seeking to increase the materials budget and Library staffing levels but the FY26 Proposed Budget reduces the materials budget by $50,000 and eliminates the Branch Manager position at Harte Library. We are asking the Corpus Christi City Council to make our Libraries and literacy a priority so CCPL can achieve their mission.
Corpus Christi Public Libraries needs to have and deserves increased staffing levels, better operational hours and more library resources - not less.
Corpus Christi Public Libraries needs to have and deserves increased staffing levels, better operational hours and more library resources - not less.
Why is this important?
The mission of CCPL is to improve literacy, enhance knowledge and create a sense of community by making useful information easily accessible to the Corpus Christi area. It’s a mission impossible when CCPL is persistently and chronically underfunded. The Libraries are the sixth (6th) least funded department in the City and only received 1.8% of the General Fund Expenditures for FY 2024-25 which is $6,197, 791 of $1.8 billion dollars.
It's also a mission impossible to create a sense of community and make information easily accessible with the reduced operating hours at all the Library Branches, but especially at Harte Library in Flour Bluff where weekly operational hours will be reduced from 44 to 28 effective Monday August 11th.