Why can the Perry County Library System meet the new minimum State Aid standards?
In order to spend a minimum of $5 per capita in local financial support, the Perry County Library System must first receive a minimum of $5 per capita in local financial support. To include the entire county population in its service area, the System would need to spend at least $218,010 ($5 x 43,602) each year. Although money received from fundraisers, private donations, and other local sources of revenue can be counted towards meeting this minimum requirement, they do not total anywhere near the amount needed. Possibilities for meeting this requirement are few: (1) Local government can pledge stable, long-term funding to the system by placing the libraries in the county budget (as Juniata County does, for example) or (2) County residents can pay an annual dedicated tax to support the libraries (as is the case in Dauphin and Cumberland Counties). In May of this year the library tax referendum was defeated in Perry County, and our county government still does not provide stable funding
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