The Morgan County Commission gave the Wheeler libraries level funding. However, there was a change in the way the money was distributed and Decatur lost $5,964 to Eva, Falkville, and Priceville. Decatur agreed to the new distribution method as fair. The Decatur City Council also level funded the library. A public library cannot lose local government funding without losing state and federal funds.
I am going to try to convince the Board for the Alabama Library Service that this loss of revenue is a reapportionment not a cut. If I am successful the library will only lose $5,964. If I am not successful, the library will also lose $5,964 in state funding and $25,000 in federal funding. If I get a waiver for this year, the library will have to get the local governments to increase funding by $5,964 or face the possiblity of losing state and federal funds next year.
--Sandra Sherman-McCandless, Director
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