Support the Public Library!

• Write & call your City Councilor TODAY! Find your Councilor here.
• Share how important the public library is to you and your community, to children and seniors, to literacy and education!
• Ask them to keep​ full Bond Funding for Libraries!

City Council Members are reviewing the City proposed bond funding for the next two years. Council has put forward changes that cut Library funding for materials and for building repairs! 

• Keep Bond Funding for Materials at $3.5 million. City Bond funding for Library materials has been flat for over 10 years. Demand for materials continues while the cost of both printed and digital books has increased, like everything else. The Council is considering reducing this amount by $200,000--that would mean fewer books, both printed and digital, plus the Library may have to stop offering a database like MorningStar, PressReader or Consumer Reports.

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• Keep Bond Funding for Renovations and Repairs at $2 million. Our Libraries have over $24 million in delayed maintenance, repairs and renovations yet the City Council is considering halving the repairs funding to only $1 million. In many locations, carpets, paint, bathroom fixtures, furniture and equipment is worn out. Many heating/air conditioning units are years past their expected lifespan and keep breaking down, older roofs are leaking, security systems need to be updated and many parking lots are crumbling!

Contact information for City Council members can be found here.

Check out more information about how the Library is funded on our FUNDING page. 
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Thank you for your support!
 
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