LIBRARY BOARD APPROVES BUDGET

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The Lawrence Public Library Board of Trustees met in regular session Tuesday and after a public hearing approved an ordinance to adopt an approximately $433,000 budget for the fiscal year 2020 operation of the library district. Also an appropriation ordinance governing district spending was also approved. Jennifer Buchanon was formally introduced as the new Youth and Program Director at the library. She began her new duties at the end of last month. It was reported to the board that work is continuing on the digitilization of the microfilm collection and it is anticipated that the process would be finished later this fall for the website. The board did move to return the Steele painting it owns back to the library for display from the Indianapolis art gallery where it was sent with the possibility of selling it at auction there.