Foes trying to block library outsourcing
Source: By Jessica DeLeón, Star-Telegram (TX), August 25, 2007
Residents hope to collect 1,000 signatures this weekend in opposition to possibly outsourcing the Bedford Public Library.
Organizers plan to present the petition Tuesday to the City Council, which could vote on the issue that night.
The city has received proposals from two groups to run the library. Library Systems and Services of Germantown, Md., bid $622,740 a year with radio-frequency identification technology, a system that identifies materials without bar codes, and $652,740 without the technology. The Bedford Public Library also made a proposal for $764,626 a year.