>Ridgewood Library board is open to ideas
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
Library board is open to ideas
To the Editor:
The Ridgewood Library has a history of being one of the most innovative, capable and widely used community resources in the county and one of the top libraries in the state. As members of the board of trustees, we are dedicated to ensuring that it builds on that history without losing sight of today’s fiscal realities.
Our library is at a critical moment in its history. The decisions we make as a community on funding the library will set the course for what it can achieve in the next five years and beyond. We want to outline the nature of the challenge and solicit your input on the right way to proceed.
In New Jersey there are minimum and maximum amounts towns can dedicate to funding public libraries. The minimum is tied to real estate values. It’s no surprise then that the minimum amount is decreasing. It’s fallen over 7 percent since 2009.
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