Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Taxes generated by the new property tax will fund several upgrades, including new buildings and other renovations for some South County library branches.
Last month a majority of St. Louis County voters said yes to Prop L, but it will be a while before they see upgrades to library infrastructure, Suburban Journals reports. The library board will spend the majority of 2013 planning for renovations outlined in their master plan, but the library won't see money generated by the new tax until 2014, according to the report. Read more on Suburban Journals. The master plan proposes $76.9 million in construction of new libraries, $12.7 million in existing building renovations, and another $9 million in upgrades. In the South County area, new library buildings are recommended to replace the existing the Tesson Ferry Branch library, 9920 Lin Ferry Drive., and the Meramec Valley Branch, 625 New Smizer…
Thursday, October 25, 2012
The Oak Bend branch is slated for $1 million in upgrades. A new Meramec Valley Branch library building would replace the current small rented space.
St. Louis County Library Board of Trustees commissioned Aaron Cohen Associates Ltd. to develop the library's facilities master plan. What emerged in February was a 10-year program of major improvements, new library construction and program enhancements that would modernize the library system in what Aaron Cohen Associates calls a "bold vision for the future." The vision includes a priority list of recommended construction projects to be completed in the next ten years at a potential cost of $108.4 million. The master plan proposes $76.9 million in construction of new libraries, $12.7 million in existing building renovations, and another $9 million in upgrades. In the South County area, new library buildings are recommended to replace the …
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Some 60 district jobs were cut in 2010 due to decreased revenue.
After years of “weathering the economic storm,” Lindbergh School District will not have to use any reserves or make drastic cuts in the upcoming school year. The proposed $60.8 million budget is the first reflecting a voter-approved $8.3 million tax increase in Nov. 2010. The school board gave its consensus on the proposed 2011-12 budget during a workshop Tuesday night at Crestwood Elementary School. The additional revenue stems from Proposition L, which school officials say was needed to balance the upcoming budget, following a loss of more than $15 million in tax revenue since the beginning of the recession in 2008. The board had previously stemmed the tide of red through more than $6 million in budget cuts, and spending down cash …
Stephen D
4:39 pm on Sunday, December 16, 2012
First of all, John, yes I do have something against a population of filthy, usually mentally ill, homeless people living in libraries. It turns many regular folks off, so you can play mister moral all you want. Libraries are not homeless shelters. I am not referring to unemployed folks -- who very well can use library services. Please don't feed me BS about "wealthy" people who are now homeless … more ›