Because the admission fee issue came up again here as well, I'm going to re-post my reply from Chris' recent Slag Heap post.
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As a sidenote to other RAD assets charging admission, at a post agenda meeting of city council, I believe on Sept. 15th, CLP Director Barbara Mistick was pleading the library's case, when someone in the room (I don't know who) mentioned that the libraries and the parks are the only two assets that RAD funds which do not charge admission fees.
Apparently Patrick Dowd then says to her "Why don't you?" Dr. Mistick's response was that it is against the law in Pennsylvania for public libraries to charge admission fees to their locations and still be certified as public libraries to receive state aid. Mr. Dowd's response to this was something like "Really? When did that happen?" or "Really? How do you know that, has that always been true? Again, it was something to that sentiment.
Now, I don't know if by "charging admission" Mr. Dowd was thinking about charging a fee to get a library card, which many people who attended the public forums this summer were in favor of as a way to raise funds, or if Mr. Dowd actually wanted to know why the library doesn't charge a fee to walk in the door.
Uh-oh.
Now I keep waiting to see ticket booths at the entrance to South Park.
The person I got this from watched the video of the meeting that same evening on channel 13. Anyone have access to old meeting footage who can check on this?
CAVEAT LECTOR: I acknowledge that I received the following information second hand and have not been able to verify it.
As a sidenote to other RAD assets charging admission, at a post agenda meeting of city council, I believe on Sept. 15th, CLP Director Barbara Mistick was pleading the library's case, when someone in the room (I don't know who) mentioned that the libraries and the parks are the only two assets that RAD funds which do not charge admission fees.
Apparently Patrick Dowd then says to her "Why don't you?" Dr. Mistick's response was that it is against the law in Pennsylvania for public libraries to charge admission fees to their locations and still be certified as public libraries to receive state aid. Mr. Dowd's response to this was something like "Really? When did that happen?" or "Really? How do you know that, has that always been true? Again, it was something to that sentiment.
Now, I don't know if by "charging admission" Mr. Dowd was thinking about charging a fee to get a library card, which many people who attended the public forums this summer were in favor of as a way to raise funds, or if Mr. Dowd actually wanted to know why the library doesn't charge a fee to walk in the door.
Uh-oh.
Now I keep waiting to see ticket booths at the entrance to South Park.
The person I got this from watched the video of the meeting that same evening on channel 13. Anyone have access to old meeting footage who can check on this?
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CAVEAT LECTOR: I acknowledge that I received the following information second hand and have not been able to verify it.
As a sidenote to other RAD assets charging admission, at a post agenda meeting of city council, I believe on Sept. 15th, CLP Director Barbara Mistick was pleading the library's case, when someone in the room (I don't know who) mentioned that the libraries and the parks are the only two assets that RAD funds which do not charge admission fees.
Apparently Patrick Dowd then says to her "Why don't you?" Dr. Mistick's response was that it is against the law in Pennsylvania for public libraries to charge admission fees to their locations and still be certified as public libraries to receive state aid. Mr. Dowd's response to this was something like "Really? When did that happen?" or "Really? How do you know that, has that always been true? Again, it was something to that sentiment.
Now, I don't know if by "charging admission" Mr. Dowd was thinking about charging a fee to get a library card, which many people who attended the public forums this summer were in favor of as a way to raise funds, or if Mr. Dowd actually wanted to know why the library doesn't charge a fee to walk in the door.
Uh-oh.
Now I keep waiting to see ticket booths at the entrance to South Park.
The person I got this from watched the video of the meeting that same evening on channel 13. Anyone have access to old meeting footage who can check on this?
As a sidenote to other RAD assets charging admission, at a post agenda meeting of city council, I believe on Sept. 15th, CLP Director Barbara Mistick was pleading the library's case, when someone in the room (I don't know who) mentioned that the libraries and the parks are the only two assets that RAD funds which do not charge admission fees.
Apparently Patrick Dowd then says to her "Why don't you?" Dr. Mistick's response was that it is against the law in Pennsylvania for public libraries to charge admission fees to their locations and still be certified as public libraries to receive state aid. Mr. Dowd's response to this was something like "Really? When did that happen?" or "Really? How do you know that, has that always been true? Again, it was something to that sentiment.
Now, I don't know if by "charging admission" Mr. Dowd was thinking about charging a fee to get a library card, which many people who attended the public forums this summer were in favor of as a way to raise funds, or if Mr. Dowd actually wanted to know why the library doesn't charge a fee to walk in the door.
Uh-oh.
Now I keep waiting to see ticket booths at the entrance to South Park.
The person I got this from watched the video of the meeting that same evening on channel 13. Anyone have access to old meeting footage who can check on this?