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Bangor budget workshop: Library seeks to add four greeter positions to base budget amid interlibrary loan funding uncertainty
Summary
City staff presented the Bangor Public Library budget request including four part‑time "greeter" positions proposed to move from ARPA into the base budget, a projected $75,000 operating carryforward and concern that a state funding disruption could halt interlibrary loans (MaidenCat).
Bangor City Manager Deb Lohrey and library staff presented the Bangor Public Library budget Wednesday, saying the library proposes moving four part‑time greeter positions from ARPA funding into the library’s base budget and is running an operating carryforward rather than asking the city to repeat one‑time funding.
The library included four part‑time greeter positions in the request; Ben, a library staff member who spoke to the budget, said the positions cost $53,200 and perform crowd‑management and front‑desk duties that the library considers “mission critical.” Ben said the library will run about a $75,000 operating deficit this fiscal year so it…
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