Viking Library System seeks 2.5% increase from Stevens County, highlights outreach and bookmobile service
Erin Smith, director of the Viking Library System, presented the system's 2025 report and asked Stevens County for a 2.5% increase in its 2027 appropriation — $71,159 total — while outlining bookmobile stops, outreach to childcare and new tool-lending services at member libraries.
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Erin Smith, director of the Viking Library System, presented the system’s 2025 annual report to the Stevens County Board of Commissioners and asked the county to approve a 2.5% increase in its 2027 appropriation request. "A total of $71,159 is the appropriation request that we're seeking, and that would be a $1,736, or a 2.5 percent increase over the 2026 budgeting situation," Smith said.
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