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By Dan Spalding
News Now Warsaw

WARSAW – Mayor Jeff Grose predicted another bond issue of some sort will eventually be considered by the Warsaw Community Public Library after a $17 million bond issue failed earlier this year.

Gross talked about the library’s future a day after the library was temporarily closed on Monday due to mechanical issues. Library officials now must deal with aging infrastructure and a lack of money to cover future repair costs after City Council voted down a major renovation proposal.

“We’ll just have to see what we can do over the next 12 to 24 months … to assist them like we have been doing any way we can to getting that bond on the table, in the public arena for consideration and a vote.”

Soon after the vote, the library established a capital improvements campaign to raise money to cover the cost of anticipated repairs.

A week ago, a $50,000 donation was announced to support the capital fund.

Grose applauded a recent $50,000 donation to the fund and said the community will have to look at other ways to support the library.

“We’ll see how we can assist them because — guess what — they’re part of the downtown, they’re part of the city of Warsaw,” Grose said.

“I’m trusting the process, I’m trusting the leadership at the library, I’m trusting the community that they will navigate and work through the issues that they’re facing and I’m here (and) willing to help.

Grose made the comments for In the Know, the public affairs show you can hear this weekend on Kensington Digital Media radio stations. 

Grose didn’t say what a new proposal could entail, but council had previously looked at the idea of a bond that would focus solely on replacing major mechanicals.

The May 19 vote means the library board is prohibited from seeking another bond within two years.

Also during the interview, the mayor offered some thoughts on the proposed roundabouts on Pope Street as well as the city-county parking garage proposal.

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