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Residents press commissioners on library budget cut; county administrator says funding will be restored

5824356 · September 24, 2025
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Multiple residents urged the Cumberland County commissioners to explain an apparent 24% cut to the county library budget and asked about service impacts; County Administrator Kevin Spinga said a reappropriation to restore funding was already in process and introduced new library director Nicole Gardner.

Several residents at the Cumberland County Board of County Commissioners meeting urged clarity after they believed the county library’s budget was cut by about 24 percent.

Fairfield Township resident Shoshana Osofsky said she was “really disturbed” by what she described as a near‑quarter reduction in funding and asked whether the cuts stem from state or federal shortfalls and whether the library still meets state funding requirements. Mark…

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