C-R COUNCIL APPROVES MOTION FOR CONSISTENT FUNDING FOR LIBRARY

Clarence-Rockland councillors approved a motion at the April 17 meeting that will provide the public library with consistent funding over the next two years.

The combined funding for the next two years will be just over $2.4 million.

The motion, presented by Coun. Trevor Stewart and seconded by Coun. Samuel Cardarelli, was presented at the March 20 council meeting with councillors discussing the issue at its April meeting.

The City of Clarence-Rockland will now commit to funding the public library with$1,226,856 in both its 2025 and 2026 budgets.

The City has already committed $1.2 million in support of the library in the 2024 budget.

“I am very satisfied with the motion we passed,” said Stewart.

The added financial stability will allow the library to continue offering programs, services and resources to people in the community for the long term.

“The Clarence-Rockland Public Library has demonstrated significant success in identifying a wide range of programming and services to residents in the community consistently,” said Cardarelli during last month’s council meeting when he discussed the motion. “A steady source of funding will help library staff manage operations and plan for the future.”

&WFSZ SFTJEFOU PS UBYQBZFS PG UIF DJUZ PG $MBrence-Rockland is invited to become a client of the Clarence-Rockland Public Library at no charge. Clients of the Library are encouraged to borrow books, DVDs, magazines, audiobooks, video games, board games, Ottawa museum passes, and any of our other materials. Public computers and Internet access are free to everyone in the community.

Mayor Mario Zanth said the community is fortunate to have “an exceptionally well managed library that offers so many services,” to residents.

“It (the funding) is meant to provide financial stability to the library for the remaining years of our elected term and to show support for its innovative and creative programming,” continued Zanth.

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Rockland Library offers tax clinics for residents across the community, one of the many services and resources people in the municipality have at their disposal.

The library also hosts a variety programs and services of all ages, catering to different needs of the community.

For example, aside from tax clinics, there

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workshops, adult game nights, storytime and even Leg clubs.