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•I CITY COUNCIL MEETING 2 NOVEMBER 23, 1993 3 PAGE 7 4 5 newspaper article. She felt politically the Council should have been first notified so 6 they didn't have to learn of it from residents calling or the newspaper. She felt Bob 7 Rolfe was using this issue to put something unpopular on the chopping block to get 8 extra money out of it. The library system and the County are getting more money 9 this year. The library budget has increased by four percent. She stated there was no 10 conceivable reason why they should take something away when the usage has 1 t increased and the population hasn't changed. Mayor Ranallo indicated he had 12 indicated his displeasure to Commissioner Hilary on how the library closure was 13 communicated to the Council. 14 15 Mr. Cavanaugh requested the Council instruct the staff to have the City Attorney start 16 doing legal research regarding other libraries. He would like to know what policies 17 and procedures the County uses to make decisions. The City Manager felt that the 18 Friends of the Library attorney would be better suited economically,to perform the 19 research. 20 21 The City Manager indicated some research had already been performed but it would 22 be a matter of assembling the information and he thought both the City and Friends of 0 3 the Library should get an estimate on how much additional work would cost. Mr. 24 Cavanaugh indicated Friends of the Library had collected about $650.00 in 25 contributions. 26 27 Mary Ann Cox said she was disturbed that other business owners from the shopping 28 center were not involved and wondered if all the business owners had been contacted. 29 She felt the larger stores should be urged to go to their home offices for support. 30 Tom Jaszewski said he did talk with many of the local businesses in the shopping 31 center but not their.corporate offices. 32 33 Brad Bjorklund urged the. Council to take more effective ways to alert the community 34 of the serious nature of the,library closing. He said he didn't receive any notification 35 of the library or any meetings regarding the closure. He said he was informed of the 36 library by the article in the newspaper. 37 38 Councilmember Marks suggested getting press attention at the next meeting perhaps 39 by bringing children in on school buses to attract the media's attention. 40 41 Mayor Ranallo indicated the St. Anthony library was used more than other libraries. 42 Dennis Cavanaugh said the the St. Anthony library has 61,000 circulations per square 43 foot. He felt St. Anthony was not the library which statistics indicated should be 44 closed and he felt that library was being discriminated against. 0 - 46