Village Board Votes Down A Library Agreement With Town Of Lisbon
Village and town are at odds as to how costs are split in 2015 and beyond.
The Sussex Village Board on Tuesday voted down a library proposal from the Town of Lisbon as to how the town communities will split costs at the Pauline Haass Library, according to the Sussex Sun. The paper said the two municipalities agree on the stipulation that the town would pay $425,000 annually and Sussex would up $500,000 to cover the operating costs of the library. The amount, according to the paper, is determined by each municipality's library usage, tax base and population. The agreed proposed amount is about $40,000 more than the village currently pays and $40,000 less than the town currently pays, the paper said. Where the two communities are at odds is what happens when 2015 rolls around, according to the paper. The town …
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John
10:31 pm on Friday, September 14, 2012
The county wide library tax seems to way too low, out of touch with reality. No reason for a community to have a library if you can use other community's library at a huge discount. more ›