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Library system seeks additional $200K from county as state continues to slash budget
Hall libraries hoping to end furlough days for employees
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Madalynn Flaherty browses through DVDs Monday afternoon at the Gainesville branch of the Hall County Library System. In an effort to end employee furlough days for library employees as well as offset state budget cuts, the library system is seeking a $200,000 increase in local funding for the 2016 fiscal year.
In some ways, the Hall County Library System is a microcosm of how budget cuts impacted public services during the economic recession. Despite public support, libraries are often first on the chopping block when deficits arise. And a double whammy of cuts from the local and state level “made it really difficult” for the library system in recent years, said Hall County Commission Chairman Richard Mecum.