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Residents urge support for Immigrant Trust Act and restoration of library digital access; commissioners note limited county authority
Summary
Several residents urged Cumberland County commissioners to adopt a resolution supporting the Immigration Trust Act, pressed for restoration of Hoopla library digital services, and asked about distribution of funds to women’s centers and CodeBlue; commissioners said the county can advocate but lacks municipal ordinance authority and will follow up on funding details.
Multiple members of the public used the meeting’s public-comment period to press the commission on social and library issues.
Shoshana Osofsky of Fairfield Township asked the board to consider placing an Immigration Trust Act resolution on the commission’s agenda and to reach out to state legislators, citing the board’s stated holiday-season reminder to be kind to neighbors. Osofsky asked the board to have the resolution scheduled for a vote and then to engage the legislature on the issue.
Other public commenters raised library-access issues. Speakers reported that the county library’s Hoopla digital service remained unavailable to some patrons and asked why the…
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