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Madison County Library requests increased local support after state probation period
Summary
The county library director said Madison was recently taken off a state probation list following years of underfunding and requested higher local funding to sustain services and avoid future loss of state aid; the library's state aid will increase but must be used for materials, not salaries or facilities.
Madison County Library Director Bonnie Oates told supervisors that the library is seeing heavy local use — roughly 12,000 patron visits and more than 14,000 Wi‑Fi sessions last year — and that the state has increased aid but restricts how those funds may be spent. Oates said state aid for the coming year will rise to about $109,571.50 (up from roughly $76,997) but that those funds are limited to…
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