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What has the City paid Midwest Library Service?
$1.8M in City payments across 579 checks, from August 9, 2017 to September 8, 2026. Outside-vendor scope only — payroll, transfers, debt and pension custody are excluded.
Checkbook LA · Through Sep 9, 2026
As published: MIDWEST LIBRARY SERVICE
$1.8MTotal paid
579Payments
$3,156Average payment
FY2025-26Peak full year · $475K
By fiscal year
FY2017-18
$47K
FY2018-19
$149K
FY2019-20
$55K
FY2020-21
$32K
FY2021-22
$137K
FY2022-23
$363K
FY2023-24
$163K
FY2024-25
$282K
FY2025-26
$475K
FY2026-27 *
$125K
Who pays them
Library$1.8M
What for
Library Materials$1.8M
564 payments
Office and Administrative$28K
10 payments
Operating Supplies$17K
5 payments
* FY2026-27 is still in progress — $125K so far, not a full year. Same point of FY2025-26 (payments dated through Sep 9, 2025): $70K.
Most recent payments
The 25 latest to post. Purpose strings are the Controller's own reference codes — the budget line in the second column is usually the more informative field.
| Date | Budget line | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 8, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | N0468CON; CDTFA ($400.93) | $4,112 |
| September 8, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | NO TAX; CATALOGING & PROCESSING | $320 |
| September 1, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | N038CON; CDTFA ($898.65) | $9,217 |
| September 1, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | N0437CON; CDTFA ($360.47) | $3,697 |
| September 1, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | NO TAX; CATALOGING & PROCESSING | $572 |
| September 1, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | NO TAX; CATALOGING & PROCESSING | $149 |
| September 1, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | N0456CON; CDTFA ($5.12) | $53 |
| September 1, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | NO TAX; CATALOGING & PROCESSING | $2 |
| August 20, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | N0406CON; CDTFA ($362.82) | $3,721 |
| August 20, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | NO TAX; CATALOGING & PROCESSING | $159 |
| August 13, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | N0324CON; CDTFA ($284.72) | $2,920 |
| August 13, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | NO TAX; CATALOGING & PROCESSING | $124 |
| August 6, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | N0195CON; CDTFA ($690.21) | $7,079 |
| August 6, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | N0196CON; CDTFA ($520.28) | $5,336 |
| August 6, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | NO TAX; CATALOGING & PROCESSING | $395 |
| August 6, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | NO TAX; CATALOGING & PROCESSING | $238 |
| August 4, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | N0266CON; CDTFA ($425.69) | $4,366 |
| August 4, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | N0267CON; CDTFA ($226.45 ) | $2,323 |
| August 4, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | N0217CON CDTFA ($92.54) | $949 |
| August 4, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | NO TAX; CATALOGING & PROCESSING | $181 |
| August 4, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | NO TAX; CATALOGING & PROCESSING | $165 |
| August 4, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | NO TAX; CATALOGING & PROCESSING | $14 |
| July 30, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | N0194CON; CDTFA ($1,329.76) | $13,638 |
| July 30, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | N0193CON; ($607.66) | $6,232 |
| July 30, 2026 | Library MaterialsLibrary | N0150CON; CDTFA ($568.53) | $5,831 |
Sources
LA Controller, Checkbook LA (dataset pggv-e4fn), totalled nightly. Figures are every payment on record within the outside-vendor scope, not a single fiscal year. Back to the checkbook.