Library Story Correction

by David Flint
In the story last week on the Stephentown Library’s proposal to become a Special Legislative District, I included data on the budgets and funding of the libraries in our area. I have been informed that the funding that the Grafton Community Library receives from the Town of Grafton is $24,250, not $28,600 as was reported. The data came from the Upper Hudson Library System’s Annual Report and was based on the year 2011, but the local funding in the report included funds also from the County and from the Brittonkill School District. In addition I was informed that 2011, with a budget of $37,086, was not a typical year and that a more representative budget would be that of the year 2010 in the amount of $42,602.
Therefore, using those figures, the percentage of funding coming from the Town of Grafton would be 57%, not the 77% that was reported. That is still more than, but much more comparable to, the 54% and 50% funding from the Towns of Hoosick and Stephentown respectively.