GREAT FALLS — There were two items regarding the library at the November 19th City Commission meeting. The first was the termination of the agreement between the City of Great Falls and the Great Falls Library that has been in place since 1993.
City Commission discusses 1993 library agreement
Many people were outspoken about why this was not a good idea to terminate, saying that pitting the library against public safety isn’t the right way to do it. They say that the money from the library mills from the 1993 agreement wouldn’t be enough for public safety anyway.
The library stressed that the voters supported enhanced funding, not replacement funding. One citizen said there’d be no point in voting for levies in the future if this would mean reallocation of resources after a levy was passed.
However, some feel like it should be terminated. They felt that because voter turnout was low when the library levy …