Significance

The York News-Times' "forum" received 10 comments in the week following the May 19th York County Board meeting in which the topic of county funding for public library service was raised.

The 2008 and 2007 York County Board meetings at which the request was presented do not turn up in the York News-Times' "advanced archives search" using "county" and "library" as search terms. A July 26, 2006 article explains the request for the 2006-2007 fiscal year.

The library board's request follows the same formula each year. The basic principle in the request is "funding proportionate to use."

The April 2009 statistics are fairly representative. 32.9% of items loaned in April 2009 were borrowed by rural York County residents. For the year May 2008 through April 2009 the percentage was 30.3%