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Council approves $25 annual nonresident library card fee to ease program crowding
Summary
Haslet council voted 4–1 to adopt a $25 annual fee for nonresidents who hold Haslet library cards, expected to reduce program crowding and add general-fund revenue; staff estimated the fee could generate roughly $114,000 annually but acknowledged projections vary.
Haslet’s City Council approved an ordinance on April 6 establishing a $25 annual library-card fee for non-Haslet residents, citing program overcrowding and heavy use of city-funded library services by patrons who do not pay city taxes.
Library-board members told the council the library’s programs and story times routinely fill to capacity and that many regular attendees do not contribute to Haslet property tax revenue…
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