Library committee approves budget draft, social-work pilot and E-Rate equipment resolutions

Newburgh — The Newburgh City School District library committee reviewed operations and budget items March 25, endorsing a social-work practicum partnership with Adelphi University, approving a package of technology and service resolutions that will apply for E-Rate discounts, and advancing a draft budget that proposes a 1.78% tax-levy increase, officials said.

The committee convened with Leticia Politti, who identified herself at the start of the meeting; committee members then heard the director’s report from the library director. "This last fiscal year, we saw the opening and continued operation of the town branch, on South Plank Road. It's been consistently visited, busy," the library director said, citing the branch's book drop and use as a pick-up and drop-off location.

The director told the committee the library has established a practicum relationship with Adelphi University’s Master of Social Work program that places graduate students at the library to meet privately with patrons and connect them to housing and…