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Phillipsburg makes offer for cash-strapped library to keep $160K Updated May 07, 1:55 PM; Posted May 07, 1:55 PM The Phillipsburg Free Public Library is pictured in this file photo.Express-Times File Photo Facebook Share Two days after the Phillipsburg Town Council told the town’s library to fork over $160,000 amid a funding crunch, Mayor Todd Tersigni told library officials they can keep the money. Calling the offer compassionate and sincere to help cover operating expenses and the salaries of employees facing furlough, Tersigni made the offer during Thursday night’s meeting of the Phi...

The Phillipsburg library is facing furloughs. And now it may owe the town $160K. Posted May 04, 2021 A student searches the books at the Phillipsburg Free Public Library in 2013. The library says it is facing furloughs and reduced services due to funding. The town council says the library has a surplus that is legally required to be paid back. Stephen Flood | For lehighvalleylive.com Facebook Share Last month, the Phillipsburg Town Council decided to keep its own salaries down to add about $5,000 to the town library, which is in a funding crunch and facing furloughs and other anticipated cut...

Phillipsburg’s 2021 budget holds taxes flat, as library faces funding crunch Updated Apr 22, 2021; Phillipsburg Town Council this week introduced a nearly $19 million 2021 budget that keeps municipal taxes flat for a second straight year. Following pleas to boost spending for the Phillipsburg Free Public Library, council on Tuesday unanimously approved council President Frank McVey’s proposal to forego a pay raise for 2021 for its five members and Mayor Todd Tersigni. The elected officials took a 10% cut in salaries in 2020 versus 2019, and Tuesday’s vote keeps that cut in place. McVey...