Here we are in 2012 facing the reality of reduced library services in order to manage a “sustainable budget”. I haven’t given you an update since our lawsuit was dismissed and I want you to know we are still alive and kicking! JCPL’s Senior Management Team has indeed done an outstanding job cutting their operating [...]
We have a court ruling in the matter of our library district petition and I wanted to make sure you hear it directly from me ASAP. It’s good news and bad news. The bad news is that we will have to refile our petition along with a bond and we do not have a decision [...]
(GOLDEN, Colo. – Oct. 16, 2011) Tom and Alice Atkins were presented with the Library Advocate of the Year Award at the Colorado Association of Libraries Annual Conference on Oct. 14, 2011. This prestigious award recognizes far-reaching, sustained contributions to the promotion and/or support of library and information services to the state of Colorado. The [...]
At their second “Citizen Input” meeting, the Jeffco Commissioners have gone from obfuscation of library issues to open hostility. Once again, patrons in attendance were wonderful. One patron called the Commissioners out: “You are being hostile to the library and it is making me hostile to you!” Another patron responded to one of the Commissioners’ [...]
The County Commissioners held the first of their three scheduled “Citizen Input” meetings last week in Golden. In it, they displayed a stunning show of obfuscation about library issues, a complete lack of concern for library funding, and a blatant disrespect for county voters. It is interesting, given that their stated purpose for these meetings [...]
The County Commissioners want to hear from residents. The Commissioners do not think the library ranks high on the priority list of services for Jefferson County residents and so they’re diverting library tax money for non-library purposes. This is our opportunity to tell them what WE think! Significant cuts are looming in services and hours. [...]
Save Jeffco Libraries has received a powerful letter of endorsement for creation of a library district from former JCPL Executive Director Marcellus Turner. While he was still serving, Marcellus was unable to speak openly about his support for a library district because the Board of Trustees had not taken a formal position on the district. [...]
In case you missed the article about Save Jeffco Libraries in Sunday’s Denver Post, I’ve pasted a copy below. The reporter quotes a consultant on local taxation issues, Geoff Withers, who worked in the state Department of Local Affairs for 24 years: “if they’re going to use that increment that they’re lowering [the mill levy] [...]
It’s been an incredibly busy time for the Library Board of Trustees and Library staff. The Board is trying to find a new Executive Director for the Library while the Library operates under Interim Director Pam Nissler. The Board is short-handed after the newest member, Catherine Hildreth, resigned. The Commissioners had failed to advise her [...]
JCPL 2012 BUDGET – LIBRARIES MAY CLOSE COMMISSIONERS MAKE CASE FOR DISTRICT The Library Board of Trustees presented its 2012 budget summary to the Jeffco Board of County Commissioners (BCC) this past Thursday, July 14. In it, they confirmed what we’ve been saying for the past couple of months – at the current funding level, they [...]
