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<br />TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1986
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<br />Several members of the Governing Board of the Blue Ridge Regional Library
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<br />(viz., Mr. George R. Gautsch, spokesman, Mrs. Frances S. Leavitt, Mr. Hal G.
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<br />Prillaman, and Mr. Charles M. Russell, accompanied by Mrs. Betty M. Wooldridge,
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<br />Library Director) appeared before Council and informed the Council that,
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<br />following the forthcoming September 27th opening of enlarged headquarters
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<br />(i.e., main Library at 310 East Church Street) of Blue Ridge Regional Library,
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<br />said headquarters will no~ be open--as it has been in the past--during evening
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<br />hours and on weekends because of staff personnel limitations and/or budgetary
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<br />restrictions. In response to a query by Vice-Mayor Williams as to whether,
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<br />with its presentation of the foregoing information, the Board 1s seeking
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<br />additional financial support from the City and, if so, how much, Mr. Gautsch
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<br />indicated that this presentation was not for that purpose although keeping the
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<br />main library open more hours (than now planned) will require more personnel
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<br />and, in turn, more money. Reference was made, too, to the 1986-87 budgeted
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<br />contributions, both from the City and from the County of Henry, which are some
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<br />$29,000.00 and $15,000.00, respectively, less than the respective amounts
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<br />requested by the Library Board. And, in response to Councilman McClain's
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<br />inquiry as to whether Library personnel salaries have been increased for
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<br />1986-87 and, if so, how much (20%?, 25%?), Mrs. Wooldridge, Director, reported
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<br />a range increase from 5% ~o 13% (Note: newS media recorded this range as being
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<br />from 6% to 16%, with two of the Library's twenty-two employees receiving 16%
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<br />each and a few other employees receiving 13% increases). Again, responding to
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<br />Councilman Cole's query, Mr. Gautsch reiterated that the Board's appearance
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<br />before Council (while the Board is no~ opposed to additional financial support
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<br />for 1986-87) was solely ~o inform Council of the impending curtailment of hours
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<br />the main Library will be open to the public. * Councilman McClain, observing
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<br />that the Regional Library is allowed certain amounts of funding and that estab-
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<br />lishing of "open" hours for the headquarters is the responsibility of the
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<br />Board, asser~ed that the Council should not redirect the Library Board~ At
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