Village of Marathon City Hopes to Build New Library

Link to August 20 Wausau Daily Herald article, "Marathon eyes new library."

Excerpt: The library will cost about $500,000, said Administrator/Clerk-Treasurer David Joswiak. If bids come in higher than $500,000, the village will have to put the matter to a referendum, based on Marathon law, he said.

That would mean the second referendum in Marathon since May, when voters approved a $1.3 million fire station on Market Street.

Residents won't be on the hook for the entire bill. The Marathon County Public Library system pays for half of any new construction or remodeling of a library, said Phyllis Christensen, library director.

The current library, in the village's municipal center, is about 1,000 square feet and Christensen said it is too small to keep up with rising demand for books, DVDs, magazines and other items.