The Town of Sweden hosted a joint meeting of the Brockport Village Board, Clarkson Town Board, Seymour Library Board and Sweden Town Board on May 22 to discuss the Seymour Library budget. Sweden Supervisor Kevin Johnson kicked off the meeting with a brief history of the Seymour Library and then achieved a consensus of all Board members present that all are proponents and supporters of the library, that all are interested in providing for a healthy and sustainable future for the library, and that all agree that there may be different opinions on how best to provide for the library’s financial future.
Library Director Carl Gouveia presented three “dream budget” scenarios that would increase library funding significantly over current funding. Clarkson and Brockport Board members stressed the importance of remaining within the property tax cap set by New York State. At the end of the meeting, the three municipalities agreed to pursue a grant that would fund a consultant to look for efficiencies in the library budget; to consider establishing reserves to fund capital repairs to the Seymour Library building; to assign two members from each municipal board to lead these actions; and to meet as a whole more frequently.
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