WASHINGTON COUNTY APPROVED BUDGET
FY 2026
Washington County Free Library – Department 93400
Contact: Jenny Bakos
Washington County Free Library (WCFL) is committed to building a strong, interconnected, diverse community by bringing people, information and ideas together. Their vision is that Washington County will be a vibrant, collaborative, educated and diverse community.
Department Function
Washington County Free Library is continually striving to improve services to the public by providing free access to library materials in a variety of formats. The library promotes community enrichment, economic vitality, and individual achievement through reading and lifelong learning. It helps people of all ages find information that meets their diverse personal, educational, and professional needs. The library system recognizes its responsibility to balance available resources to serve everyone in the community. It supplies the local government with state, national and worldwide connectivity along with providing leadership in cooperative and innovative library service.
Goals Fiscal Year 2026
Continue to serve the educational and informational needs of the citizens of Washington County with in-person and online reference services. Provide educational, informational, and recreational content and programs for all citizens of Washington County. Provide computer services both in-person and with enhanced Wi-Fi at branch libraries. Continue to provide the community with enhanced E-content. Develop a partnership with the Education Foundation of WCPS to explore bringing the Dolly Parton Imagination Library to WCFL patrons. Conduct Community Conversations in each of our service areas to best understand the needs of each specific location.
Accomplishments Fiscal Year 2025
Installed a second off-site locker in the South End of Hagerstown which provides more direct service to the community of Funkstown – an underserved part of Washington County per Library circulation records. Continued to work with the Board of County Commissioners, WCPS, and the Town of Williamsport and identified a location for the replacement Williamsport Library. Partnered with the Washington County Health Department to promote maternal and infant health and well-being in West County via Community Baby Showers.
2026 Budget Document
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