MAMARONECK LIBRARY WILL REMAIN OPEN

Dear Friends,

At our April 17th meeting, the Village of Mamaroneck Board of Trustees voted to approve the Tax Anticipation Notes that will enable the Mamaroneck Library to remain to serve our residents. Library Staff met today with Village of Mamaroneck Staff and explained cost savings and cuts that the Library will enact that will begin the process of righting their fiscal ship. They are also in the process of working out strict fiscal guidelines that the Village will review and assist the Library in implementing.

The funding for the Library will be dispersed in three different tranches. The Village will have an opportunity to review the progress that the library is making before each disbursement. There will be a separate vote by the Board of Trustees before each payment is made to the Library.

No one is happy with what has happened with the financial issues that the Library has encountered. What is imperative is to keep the Library open and doing the vital work that our residents deserve and depend upon. That goal was achieved this evening.

I am very proud to be on this Board of Trustees that faced this issue head on and made a rather difficult vote to keep the Library open to serve every member of the community. While other communities are banning books and demonizing libraries, we as a community are telling the world that we care about information, art and the power of knowledge to enrich and advance society. I am especially glad that we are standing up for those for whom books, WiFi, computers and other media are not affordable. We all do well only when we ALL do well!

Respectfully,
Tom Murphy
Mayor, Village of Mamaroneck
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