March 17th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

Allegany County Library Director John Taube presented updated budget proposals at a public meeting that would keep all six libraries open, but cut staffing. Trish Morgan of the Save the Westernport Library group said that 70% of the budget goes to staff when it should only be about 35%. The library board of trustees is asking Taube to make cuts in other areas to preserve staffing…

   

“They tasked Mr. Taube to come up with some other kind of budgets that, number one, would keep all the other libraries open and, number two, how else can we cut the costs so that our employees don’t lose their jobs and we would maintain the same hours within our libraries.”