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Library board asks Morris City Council for $24,233 to cover legal fees and avert circulation cuts
Morris City Council · August 27, 2025
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Summary
Melanie Fo, chair of the Morris Public Library Board, asked the council for $24,233 to balance the library’s 2026 budget after nearly $30,000 in legal fees were charged to library funds and a wage study raised personnel costs, leaving a $48,155 shortfall.
Melanie Fo, chair of the Morris Public Library Board, told the Morris City Council on Aug. 26 that the library faces a budget shortfall caused mainly by legal fees charged to the library’s operating fund and increases from a recent wage study.
Fo said legal fees are “nearly $30,000 and…
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