Budget

See the 2025 budget (pdf), approved at the Board of Library Trustees‘ October 22, 2024 regular meeting. See the chart below for how the money is spent.

More about the library budget

Oak Park property owners currently pay roughly 5% of their total Cook County property tax bill to the library. Nearly all (96%) of the library’s operating budget comes from property taxes (0.0366% comes from fees, and 0.00291% comes from grants and gifts).
Monthly financial statements are included in meeting materials, available via oppl.org/board.
State of Illinois Public Act 102-0265 mandates that specified taxing districts, including the library, make a good-faith effort to collect and publish certain demographic information from vendors and/or subcontractors that do business with the library. View the most recent results received from vendors »
Audited financial statements, typically completed in the fall of the following year, are available as PDFs. 2023 Annual Financial Report (pdf)
For more information, contact Director of Finance and Human Resources Billy Treece at billyt@oppl.org.