Library board members talked about eliminating fines, but not fees when they met Monday night.
The Keene Memorial advisory board voted to send a revised policy manual to the Fremont City Council for approval in April.
Removed from the revised manual is a section regarding fines for overdue materials.
Laura England-Biggs, interim library director, said libraries nationally â approximately 200 across the country â and internationally are following a trend of going fine free.
Currently, fines are 5 cents a day for childrenâs materials and 15 cents a day for adult and young adult materials at Keene.
âThe fines we collect on an annual basis are less than a $5,000 revenue stream in a $1.3 million-dollar budget,â England-Biggs said. âWe arenât going to miss that income, but it will do a lot of goodwill in the community if we can say, âHey, weâre not going to charge you that 50 cents, just bring it back.ââ
Beer thieves left red-faced, trash pub after would-be keg heist goes wrong 17th March, 2021 by Christian Smith
A group of would-be beer thieves were left red-faced and furious after an attempted keg theft went wrong, trashing the pub as they beat a hasty retreat.
Five beer thieves who attempted to steal kegs of beer left for collection outside the The Twa Tams in Perth, Scotland, trashed the pub after their heist went awry.
The robbers attempted to make off with the kegs at around 8.20pm on 13 March, only to discover that they were empty and contained no beer, according to the Daily Record. Realising their error of judgement, four of the five fled the scene but a fifth, apparently incensed, threw a keg through the bar’s antique stained glass window, shattering it.
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