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Fargo library staff warn 10% city budget cut could force branch closure
Summary
Library staff presented 3%, 5% and 10% reduction scenarios requested by city finance and told the board a 10% cut would likely require eliminating a branch — staff singled out Northport as the most at-risk location.
Library Director (staff member) told the Fargo Public Library Board on July 15 that city finance asked the library to develop scenarios for 3%, 5% and 10% reductions to the library’s 2026 budget and that the largest scenario — a 10% cut — would likely require eliminating a branch. "At the 10% level ... it's almost $585,000 to be cut from the library," the director said, adding that even after deep reductions to materials and services the only way to reach that figure would be to close a branch.
The board heard why staff consider Northport the most vulnerable location. The director said restoring a closed branch would be "cost…
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