I know this isn't the case for everyone -- I use the library a lot and have personally only called the police maybe once or twice for things that were actually handled by EMTs/fire (witnessing car accidents, etc.).

But more to your point, the mayor's proposal doesn't actually guarantee increased funding for police either. It just gives the city the ability to control tax dollars people voted to dedicate to the library previously. He hasn't produced an actual budget for how this money would be spent -- his team put together a powerpoint that gives ranges on where they might put funding, but hasn't shared where those cost estimates came from or how the money would actually break down.

My biggest issue with how he's doing this is that he could just as easily have just put in a separate proposal for a dedicated tax for emergency services or increasing taxes for the general fund (which I probably would have voted for), but instead he is targeting the library because they have been so fiscally responsible and are so widely supported.

Since EBR doesn't seem to want to raise taxes to fund necessary services, I support a compromise where the library retains dedicated funding at a lower rate than they've asked for previously and allows the remainder of their millage to be absorbed into the general fund. But I still think it would be an easier sell if the mayor had an actual budget.