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July 22, 2010
Ocean County Freeholders decide to spend $500,000 on libraries
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Thursday, July 22, 2010 | 0 comments
TOMS RIVER — The Ocean County Board of Chosen Freeholders decided Wednesday afternoon to appropriate $500,000 this year for county library renovations and site studies, $100,000 of it at the library’s Stafford Township branch.
The projects include $50,000 to put in new doors and ramps at the Stafford branch, County Administrator Carl Block said.
Another $50,000 was designated for a site study in Stafford where a branch may be built at the St. Mary’s Parish Center a half-mile down the road.
However, that study could be postponed since construction of the new branch already has been postponed, Block said.
The funding comes from the county budget’s capital improvements fund. Other projects are slated for branches in Berkeley Township, Brick Township, Lakewood and Toms River, the biggest of which is a $250,000 heating and air conditioning overhaul in Brick Township.
Also Wednesday afternoon, freeholders finalized the rate increase for the Ocean Ride transportation system.
Regular bus rides will increase from 25 cents to 35 cents Aug. 2 and eventually rise to $1 by Jan. 1, 2013.
Staff Writer Eric Scott Campbell
Posted by tumulty at July 22, 2010 9:27 AM
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