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Library advocates urge council to avoid proposed cuts, offer alternatives including short-term rental tax and reductions to police overtime
Summary
A Friends of the Springfield Public Library board member urged council to reject proposed library cuts, outlined an alternative budget plan and proposed revenue and savings measures including targeting police overtime and levying a short-term rental tax.
Bella Yeager, a student at Oregon State University and secretary of the Friends of the Springfield Public Library, urged the Springfield City Council on Sept. 15 to oppose proposed cuts to the public library budget and offered a series of alternative fiscal measures for council consideration.
Yeager said cutting $500,000 from the library budget would “silence opportunity” for residents who rely on library services and argued that…
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