LAWRENCEVILLE — After years of cuts, library officials asked the county government for $1 million more in funding in an attempt to keep from dipping into its reserves.
“I think it’s the responsible thing to do to bring it up now before it becomes a crisis,” said Acting Library Director Liz Forster. “We’ve done what we know to do. We’re providing as many service hours as we know how to within the money we have.”
The plea came Monday to a group of residents who, along with Chairwoman Charlotte Nash, are considering the 2014 county spending plan.
A year ago, that group recommended a $1 million cut to the system’s county subsidy, saying that its spending on materials was out of line with other metro Atlanta library jurisdictions, especially at a time when shrinking tax revenues has left the government scrambling to provide services.
via Gwinnett Daily Post | Library officials plead for budget restoration.
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