Improved library services may not be in the books for Manteca.Municipal staff was lukewarm, if that, about arguments during a budget workshop that the city’s residents view library services as important as other recreational needs based on mid-2017 surveys conducted by a consultant that cobbled together the city’s first Parks & Recreation Master Plan.A brief discussion about city library services occurred Tuesday after a reference was made to four letters that urged the council to support funding for a poll of voters regarding library and recreation services to determine whether placing a tax measure on the 2020 ballot makes sense. City Council members did not make any comment about the need for additional library funding or facilities per se.The letters were from Dr. Mas’ood Cajee — a Manteca dentist and a major player in the 2016 effort to secure a quarter cent tax in Stockton to support improved library and recreation services — as well as Manteca dentist and Islamic Center of Manteca Inman Mohammad ElFarra, Manteca resident and principal of Van Allen Elementary School in rural Escalon Julio Zambrano, and Manteca Unified elementary teacher Sasha Cope.Swimming pool, librarymore sports fields seenas bigger city prioritiesThe gist of the budget workshop conversation centered on matching parks and recreation growth fees to build a laundry list of facilities that does not include a library with top priorities for a swimming pool/or aquatics center, gym/community center and additional sports fields.While the discussion was brief and did not delve into what type of tax could be proposed or what it would encompass, it was clear there was no signal that new or improved library facilities or even funding for operations would be a priority.The bulk of the budget to operate the Manteca branch of the Stockton-San Joaquin County Library System comes from Stockton and the county. Manteca pays for the expansion of some hours as well as contributes to the book budget periodically.