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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock N*w» Staff Writer
Ida Patton, the regional representative from the state Library Board, attended the local Library Board’s meeting last week to explain library finances and the responsibilities of the board.
Ms. Patton said in order to qualify for state library aid, the local library board must spend a minimum of $4.04 per person in the county and at least two-thirds of that amount or $2.70 must come from local taxes and endowment funds.
The amount of $4.04, Mrs. Patton said, is 50 percent of the median expenditure in the state of $8.08. The local budget for the Rappahannock Library is $51,918, including $37,218 in local taxes, which works out to $7.80 per person in local funds including $5.62 from taxes. The library also has investments which generate about $8,500 in income, but these are not now set up as an endowment fund.
This year the state grant for the library is $12,468, but Ms. Patton said that may be cut in half for the coming year unless the General Assembly can be persuaded to restore funding.
The local government cannot cut funding for the library below current levels without risking its state funding, she said.
Ms. Patton said funds raised by the Friends of the Rappahannock Library could support the library, but cannot be used as part of the local formula for funding.
Board member Mary Jamieson said, “We always felt it was important to keep monies under our control rather than put them in
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