Funding for Public Libraries

WHEREAS local governments are continuously facing the need for higher tax levies to support British Columbias public library system to provide libraries with the resources needed to adequately provide services and maintain and upgrade facilities; AND WHEREAS systemic reductions in funding from the Province to British Columbias public library system has been significantly reducing the ratio of provincial grant to municipal tax levy contributions since 1985: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM petition the Province to restore public library funding so that the ratio of provincial grants to municipal tax levies is restored to the ratio that existed in 1985.