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Baldwin Public Library director outlines budget increase tied to bond debt service
Summary
Library director Elizabeth Olash told the Baldwin Union Free School District Board that a 2025–26 library budget increase largely reflects bond debt service approved by voters in 2023 and that the library will need extra staffing when a renovated second floor opens.
Elizabeth Olash, director of the Baldwin Public Library, told the Board of Education meeting that the library’s proposed 2025–26 budget will require piercing the tax-cap because it must include bond debt service approved by voters in 2023. "The referendum was voted on by the community in 2023, and it passed by a 3 to 1 margin," Olash said, and the principal and interest from that bond must be included in the annual library tax levy.
Olash said the library’s total budget is "a little over $6,000,000" and that the increase shown on the levy — 28.94% — is driven mostly by debt service. She told the board that debt service makes up roughly 16% of the library’s budget and will remain in the levy for the…
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