By james art 
Many remains “up in the air” when it comes to the future of Parish library in Eastern Baton Rouge The financing of the system, according to Mary Stein, assistant director of the system.
“It’s a fast -paced story as they say,” Stein told Press Club of Baton Rouge On Monday.
Since 1986, the library system has been funded through a special property tax, which allowed it to build new branches, to finance projects to improve capital and to maintain without taking on debt. Milaage should be renewed every 10 years and that time came again.
Earlier this month, Mayor Sid Edwards suggested the transfer of funding dedicated to the library system of the General City Parish Fund to help raise salaries for Baton Rouge police officers. His proposal will see that the speed of the library mill is reduced from its current 11.1 mills to 9.8.
And at the Subway Council meeting last Wednesday, the library system – the economic and political pressure celebrity surrounding its Millage – located at its own reduced speed of 10.5 million, in front of the voters of the vote on October 11. According to this proposal, the library will maintain specialized funding. But after a prolonged meeting where more than 100 community members registered to weigh the issue, the subway advice failed to take any action on the matter by eraseing it effectively.
So, what is happening now?
Stein says EBRPL employees have been in close communication with both metro council members and mayoral service, and the EBRPL control council will host a special meeting at the Goodwood Main Library at 17:00 on Wednesday, on Wednesday, to discuss the next steps. A regular board meeting is set at 16:00 on Thursday at the same place.
EBRPL employees have suggested that there may be room to move on the mills, but maintaining specialized funding seems frivolous for the library system. They could submit another proposal to the Subway Council on March 26th.
In the meantime, Edwards’ proposal was reviewed by the Metro Council on March 12. If approved, it will go to the voters on October 11th.
If the Metro Council approves Edwards’ proposal on March 12, it is unclear what can happen to EBRPL’s ability to submit its alternative on March 26th.
“The lawyers have provided different opinions about what is happening if the subject on March 12th passes and our item will be on March 26,” Stein said. “I received many different opinions. This is very confusing for the general public and is very confusing to our staff. “