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Pottstown library warns of $240,000 risk if state aid or passport service ends
Summary
The borough library told council it could lose roughly $140,000 in state aid and about $140,000 in passport acceptance revenue, a combined potential hit of approximately $240,000 against an annual budget of roughly $700,000. Library staff urged continued local support and fundraising if both revenue sources are lost.
Library representative Bizholz told the Committee of the Whole on Nov. 5 that the library is entering budget season with an improved cash cushion but faces two looming risks: delayed state aid and potential loss of passport acceptance revenue.
"If the state impasse isn't resolved by January, that means we might not receive our annual state aid, which is…
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