Stark County District Library Director Explains Need for Service Reductions

Link to July 27 CantonRep.com post, "Library cuts are necessary because levy doesn't offset reduction in state funding".

Excerpt: During this recent budgeting nightmare, we have repeatedly heard the question from our library customers about why the library is considering a reduction of services when it has a local operating levy that voters approved last November.

It is because that levy is only 30 percent of the library's revenue for its operating budget.

The state's Public Library Fund represents 60 percent of the revenue for that budget.