

Stop the Outsourcing of Seminole County Public Libraries in Central Florida


Stop the Outsourcing of Seminole County Public Libraries in Central Florida
The Issue
The Seminole County Commissioners are considering outsourcing the libraries to a for-profit Maryland-based company named Library Systems and Services (LS&S). As a for-profit company, LS&S saves money by replacing staff and reducing the budget for books and materials. This means Seminole County tax payers will have less qualified staff with fewer books, materials, and services; no more story times, teen events, summer book clubs or reading competitions, no more Teen Read or Kids Mean Business or any other event, no more TLC, puppet shows or science experiments, and when donating books to the library, no tax credit.
Please join us and tell the County Commissioners you do not want your libraries to have a reduction in services. You do not want the library staff to be let go. You do not want libraries to be privatized.
In addition to signing this petition, we encourage you to call one or more Seminole County Commissioner:
Bob Dallari 407-665-7215 kedenfield@seminolecountyfl.gov, John Horan 407-665-7205 jspry02@seminolecountyfl.gov, Lee Constantine 407-665-7207 gvenn@seminolecountyfl.gov, Carlton Henley 407-665-7201gvenn@seminolecountyfl.gov, Brenda Carey 407-665-7209 stucker@seminolecountyfl.gov

The Issue
The Seminole County Commissioners are considering outsourcing the libraries to a for-profit Maryland-based company named Library Systems and Services (LS&S). As a for-profit company, LS&S saves money by replacing staff and reducing the budget for books and materials. This means Seminole County tax payers will have less qualified staff with fewer books, materials, and services; no more story times, teen events, summer book clubs or reading competitions, no more Teen Read or Kids Mean Business or any other event, no more TLC, puppet shows or science experiments, and when donating books to the library, no tax credit.
Please join us and tell the County Commissioners you do not want your libraries to have a reduction in services. You do not want the library staff to be let go. You do not want libraries to be privatized.
In addition to signing this petition, we encourage you to call one or more Seminole County Commissioner:
Bob Dallari 407-665-7215 kedenfield@seminolecountyfl.gov, John Horan 407-665-7205 jspry02@seminolecountyfl.gov, Lee Constantine 407-665-7207 gvenn@seminolecountyfl.gov, Carlton Henley 407-665-7201gvenn@seminolecountyfl.gov, Brenda Carey 407-665-7209 stucker@seminolecountyfl.gov

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Petition created on May 24, 2018