This is the first draft of the budget for the proposed $1 million renovation of the 8-year-old Columbus Public Library, which was a $50.4 million project funded by a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax:
SITE
Parking (three areas) -- $45,000
Fence, other improvements -- $15,000
Landscaping, pavers -- $10,000
FIRST FLOOR
Meetings rooms and associated spaces -- $36,000
Auditorium steps -- $3,000
Young adults, periodicals -- $39,000
Children's room -- $50,000
New information desk in rotunda -- $10,000
Rework area at existing circulation desk -- $30,000
Other general refinishing -- $40,000
SECOND FLOOR
AV/digital media -- $100,000
Computers in former periodicals area -- $60,000
New information desk -- $35,000
Quiet area -- $95,000
Study room in genealogy -- $19,000
Rework e-commons and copy room -- $155,000
Other general refinishing -- $165,000
THIRD FLOOR
Refinish public space and other areas -- $10,000
OTHER
5 percent contingency -- $45,850
6 percent design fee -- $55,020




