Link to library website.
Link to October 14 Daily Herald article, "Des Plaines library might end year Dec. 5".
Excerpt: The Des Plaines Public Library could go dark in December if officials can’t come up with nearly $600,000 needed to keep it open through the end of the year.
The library’s three-member finance committee voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend closing the library Dec. 5 under the worst-case scenario if the city doesn’t bail it out by cosigning for a bank loan. The library board will vote on that option at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19.
As of Sept. 30, the library had $1.1 million that it could spend through the end of the year, library finance committee Chairman Jeffrey Rozovics said Wednesday. It needs $1.7 million for the year’s remaining payroll and operating expenses, and it’s doubtful that Cook County property tax receipts will come in before December ends.
Related article:
Mayor grouses about library's possible need for loan. (9/29/2010)
Mayor offers veiled threat to library board. (10/27/2009; note comment.)
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