Source: By NICHOLAS BEADLE, Jackson Sun (TN), March 27, 2008
The Jackson-Madison County Library Board will ask local leaders for an additional $100,000 to cover management costs in its next budget.
.......... According to the request, Library Systems and Services, the company that manages the library, plans to spend $1.1 million during the next fiscal year, which begins on July 1.
....... But Michael Stone, a county-appointed board member, said Library Systems and Services is asking for too much given the financial outlook for city and county governments.
...... Stone also said several city and county officials have never seen a spreadsheet of mostly increasing yearly payouts to Library Systems from which the $1.1 million was calculated.
