2012 Budget Should Allow IMCPL to Restore Reduced Hours at Branches

Libraries, buses get a little help. (Indianapolis Star, 10/14/2011)

Excerpt:  A tepid economy and a heated election will make Monday's budget vote by the City-County Council uncomfortable for all deliverers of public services. For two key elements of local quality of life, the word is: so far, so good, considering.

IndyGo should be able to avoid further cutbacks if a plan cobbled together with a council committee wins approval by the state. And the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library should have the means to restore reduced hours at 10 branches, thanks in part to a little help from the state.

Both expected outcomes come courtesy of the council's Municipal Corporations Committee, which approved budgets Monday for the bus and library systems, among others.

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