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Blue Ridge Regional Library asks Patrick County for increased funding to cover wage pressures
Summary
The Blue Ridge Regional Library and the Patrick County branch manager reported circulation and program statistics for 2024 and requested a roughly 5% increase in county funding to address wage compression after a minimum-wage rise.
Library officials presented circulation and program statistics and asked the board to consider increased local funding to offset staff-wage compression caused by a state minimum-wage increase.
Rick Ward, director of the Blue Ridge Regional Library, introduced Gary Clifton, the Patrick County branch manager, who summarized last year’s activity: the Patrick County branch and bookmobile combined circulated nearly 57,000…
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