Voters support North Country Libraries!

The following text is shamelessly stolen from my colleague and fellow NCLS library consultant Paulette Roes. 

Shamelessly. I have no shame.

Congratulations again to all of our libraries who had successful library funding votes on Tuesday May 20th.  13 libraries went out on the school ballot and 2 libraries held separate district votes.   Over $450,000 in permanent funding was established for North Country libraries.  An overall approval rate of 72% shows that people really do support their library.

A special congratulations goes out to Fulton Public Library!  Facing a severe funding cut from their local municipality, the library board decided to form a School District Library in an effort to establish permanent local funding.  Their vote passed by an overwhelming majority, (with an established $350,000 budget) making them the 4th district library in NCLS.  Way to go Betty Maute (Library Director), Marion Stanton (Board President) and the rest of the library staff and board for their hard work in making their vote a success!  An article about their vote can be read here.

The following is a revised list of libraries that went out to vote on the school ballot, the amount of their increases and the voter approval rate (percentage of yes votes):

School Ballot:
Adams Center
$15,000 increase (for a total of 50,000), 80% approval

Antwerp
$5,000 increase (for a total of $20,000), 87% approval

Black River
$5,000 increase (for a total of $61,000), 64% approval

Canton
$7,000 increase (for a total of $96,000), 73% approval

Carthage
$2,000 increase (for a total of $103,000), 64% approval

Chaumont
$2,000 increase (for a total of $37,800), 78% approval

Clayton
$2,000 increase (for a total of $41,000), 58% approval

Central Square
$8,000 increase (for a total of $40,000), 63% approval

Depauville
$12,500 increase (for a total of $40,000), 58% approval

Mannsville
$10,000 increase (for a total of $25,000), 80% approval

Morristown
$10,000 increase (for a total of $35,000), 71% approval

Philadelphia
$5,000 increase (for a total of $20,000), 87% approval

Rodman
$5,000 increase (for a total of $15,000), 80% approval


District Votes:
Fulton
$350,000 established budget, 73% approval

Oswego
$17,707 increase (for a total of $1,170,659) 68% approval