The
Springfield Library and Museums Association and YOU
DID YOU KNOW.
. that $50.00 in City funds are contributed
to the SLMA for every man, woman and child in Springfield?
. that Forest Park's 26,000
people contribute $1,150,000 in taxes to the SLMA?
.
that there is NO CONTRACT between the City and the SLMA?
WANT TO LEARN MORE? Call the SLMA at 263-6800 x 270 and request
the following:
.
the most recent annual report, listing names of all officers and corporators,
which branches are owned by the City and which by the SLMA
.the annual financial statement
of the SLMA
.
copies
of the most recent federal and state reporting forms (IRS 990 and Form PC),
financial reporting forms showing fund raising proceeds and expenses, names
and addresses of officers, salaries of the five highest paid officers and
names and amounts paid to the most highly paid vendors
.attend the Mayor's SLMA
budget hearing at the end of the month (call
.attend the City Council'S
SLMA budget hearing late in June
WANT TO TAKE ACTION? Join the March from the Forest Park Library
to the Mayor's house on Sunday March 11, 2001.
.The
City budget process starts with the Mayor; he is also an ex-officio trustee
of the SLMA. Let him know that hours and upkeep at the Forest
Park Library is important to you.
.If
you are a member of the SLMA, write a letter
to F. William Marshall, chairman of the SLMA board of trustees (37
Ely Road, Longmeadow 01106), pointing out that your membership contribution
is in addition to the contribution your family makes through the City budget
process.
.Call
or write to other City and State officials who are all corporators of the
SLMA and who also vote on allocations to the SLMA.
Tell them you want a safe, attractive library that is open for after
school use by Forest Park's children.