Colfax librarian asks Dunn County committee for $5,161 to cover 2025 shortfall; committee tables decision

The Colfax Village librarian told the Dunn County Community Resources & Tourism Committee that the Colfax Library faces a $5,161 shortfall for the 2025 budget year after receiving more than $16,000 less in county funding than the prior year, and asked the committee to consider one-time help.

The request came during the committee’s public comment period when Lisa Hurlber, identified as the Colfax librarian, said the library serves both village residents (about 1,200 people) and township residents who cross municipal lines to use the facility. “We ended up getting, over 16,000 less from the county than we did last year,” Hurlber said, adding the village and library have already cut what they can and still face “a shortfall of about $5,161.”

The library’s appeal matters to the committee because…