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County says library funding will be restored; residents press for clearer accounting
Summary
Residents pressed the board for details after being told library funding had been restored; the county CFO said state statute prevents transferring funds until after Nov. 1 and that the board will vote to transfer the county’s portion at its Nov. 12 meeting.
Multiple residents pressed the board about the status of county funding for the Cumberland County Library and asked whether cuts had been made. Shoshana Osofsky and other speakers said they had been told funding was restored but had not seen the money.
Chris Hart, the county chief financial officer, told the meeting: "By statute, we are not allowed to transfer the funds till after November 1... So we have the…
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