![]() The HAL board petitioned the state’s Office of Commonwealth Libraries to remove the township after a prior agreement expired in early 2022, shortly after LST council voted to offer HAL a $50,000 donation instead of adopting a new 5-year agreement that would have cost the township roughly $100,000 a year. Most of the residents who addressed council advocated strongly for a new agreement with the Hellertown Area Library, which included Lower Saucon Township in its service area until the beginning of this year. ![]() The proposed agreement was approved by a vote of 4-1, with councilwoman Priscilla deLeon dissenting, and came after nearly two hours of resident feedback on it. The new contract would not take effect until Jan. ![]() Under that proposal, the township would have paid SLPL $3,750 a month, with a total annual payment not to exceed 15 percent of the library’s total annual budget.Ĭouncil requested a response from the SLPL board to its proposal no later than May 4, and if the agreement is accepted Banonis said he would like township residents to have full access to the Southern Lehigh Public Library and AccessPA effective June 1, 2023. Under the terms of the proposal, there is a penalty of five years’ worth of payments if the agreement is terminated early by either the township or the library.Ĭouncil president Jason Banonis said the proposal represents the township’s “best and final offer” to Southern Lehigh Public Library, which in February forwarded council a proposal for a temporary agreement without board representation, and without full access to library materials and programs or the AccessPA program.
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