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To the Sartell City Council,

Please help to make a Great River Regional Library branch a reality.

The GRRL board met again Nov. 17 and is ready to hear a proposal from Sartell. The board made it abundantly clear that it is not necessary to wait for the facilities assessment to finish. GRRL’s multi-county, library-wide assessment is not in conflict in any way with Sartell’s ability to work with GRRL immediately.

The time is now for the mayor and council. GRRL has been waiting for Sartell to commit to funding a library of adequate size and in a location at City Hall, or north of there. How can the GRRL not be frustrated with the council’s lack of commitment to propose funding for a branch? The GRRL has rules and guidelines that prevent the branch library from being any closer to St. Cloud than City Hall, and have stated that in their minutes repeatedly.

The recent Sartell survey, which was circulated widely and in various ways, reported that 75 percent favored a youth library, and 69 percent favored an adult library. Those are high percentages. If the city waits too long to make a proposal, shows too little concern, at too late of a time, it will be an opportunity lost.

I’m very disappointed with the majority decision to cease discussions on this important issue.

A kiosk/drop box is not equivalent to a full branch library, which taxpayers have been contributing a portion of the sales tax for already.

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