Library director explains nonresident fee method and previews summer programs

May 19, 2025

Ida Public Library director Mindy Long told the Belvidere City Council the library will continue using the tax-bill method to set nonresident card fees under the Illinois Library Act and previewed summer programs, free cards for children and a new video-game lending collection.

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Mindy Long, director of the Ida Public Library, told the Belvidere City Council on May 19 that the library board will continue using the county tax-bill method to set nonresident library-card fees under the Illinois Library Act and defended that choice as the fairest option for the community.

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