Moses Lake and NCW Libraries agree to one-year extension while facilities assessment proceeds

Moses Lake City officials and representatives of NCW Libraries agreed on a one-year extension of the city9s use agreement for the Moses Lake library while the city completes a facilities assessment and the library board continues longer-term financing discussions.

City Manager Rob Carlinsi told the council the city had reviewed janitorial, utilities and maintenance costs and concluded reimbursements were falling short, proposing "to increase that by $5,000 a year from about 47,000 to $52,000 per year" to move closer to cost recovery.

The library9s executive director and board members cautioned that the district9s taxing structure covers 30 branches and that any levy-rate change would affect the entire system. "We can't increase the rate for just 1 location. We have 30 locations that we would have to increase the rate for," Barbara Walters, executive director of NCW…