<div>A vote by the Lyon County Board of Commissioners will buy time for the Marshall-Lyon County Library System to figure out its 2028 budgetary situation.The board on Tuesday voted unanimously to commit $306,000 — and possibly more — to MLCL for 2027 to be paid in 12 monthly installments.MLCL reworked its budget based on contributions from Lyon County and the City of Marshall, including not filling some open positions. That still left the library short $82,033 in its budget. The library board shared concerns last month that it would be short $33,000 for libraries in Cottonwood and Balaton (hours for those libraries shall be no less than 20 per week, according to the agreement).Commissioner Tom Andries asked what lies ahead for the libraries after 2027.“My suspicion is that we’ll still have budget issues for ’28,” Lyon County Administrator Loren Stomberg said. “For 2027, we’ve done substantial cuts in our appropriations … if we’re still squeezed with Health and Human Services, if our insurance costs don’t settle down, we’re going to have to look internally at other services, and probably end up looking at our staff. We’re about at the bottom of tricks that I have up my sleeve.”Lyon County, the City of Marshall and the MLCL Board in 2014 entered into an agreement to provide library services to county residents at the amount of no less than $200,000 per year for the cities of Cottonwood and Balaton.According to the Marshall-Lyon County Library agreement, the County is required to adopt a resolution on or before Nov. 15 of each year indicating its maximum level of funding for the Library Board for the next calendar year. The approved resolution includes a provision to match — one dollar for every two dollars — any additional funding above the Library Board’s request of the City of $880,576.The provision has a maximum County commitment of $27,333, which is contingent on the City of Marshall agreeing.“The $27,333 is to buy the Library Board more time to figure out what they’re going to do with their budget,” said Lyon County Board Chair Todd Draper. “We were looking for a remedy to buy more time. If the City doesn’t go along with it, we don’t give them $27,333.”The board addressed the issue in length at its second meeting in October but tabled the discussion because commissioner Paul Graupmann was unable to attend that meeting.Commissioner Gary Crowley made the motion to commit the $306,000 and up to $27,333 dependent upon the City agrees to the 2-to-1 contribution match. Draper seconded.</div>

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A vote by the Lyon County Board of Commissioners will buy time for the Marshall-Lyon County Library System to figure out its 2028 budgetary situation. The board on Tuesday voted unanimously to commit $306,000 — and possibly more — to MLCL for 2027 to be paid in 12 monthly installments.

LC Board adopts 2027 MLCL funding resolution

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A vote by the Lyon County Board of Commissioners will buy time for the Marshall-Lyon County Library System to figure out its 2028 budgetary situation. The 

LC Board adopts 2027 MLCL funding resolution

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