Politics & Government
Library Task Force Preparing for April Public Meeting
Plans for the Saucon Valley Library Task Force's April 12 public meeting are being finalized.
Editor's Note: The location of the April 12, 2012 public meeting of the Saucon Valley Library Task Force has been changed. Instead of Lower Saucon Town Hall, the meeting will be held in the Saucon Valley High School cafeteria at 7pm.
The Saucon Valley Library Task Force met Feb. 9 and a public meeting that is scheduled for April.
The task force, which has been studying the feasibility of a library services merger between the and Lower Saucon Township, plans to give a brief presentation about the information it has gathered so far regarding the available options for Lower Saucon.
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The township is currently a member of the Bethlehem Area Public Library system.
In advance of the April meeting, Lower Saucon Township manager Jack Cahalan said he is working to finalize and narrow down a list of technology needs to share with the public.
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“It’s come from various sources I put together and I want to make sure I don’t have duplicates or something in two categories,” he said.
Cathy Gorman, the township's finance director, is assembling a preliminary PowerPoint presentation that will include the options for .
At the February meeting, Cahalan announced that an online library survey made available to residents had already produced some initial results.
“I think we sent it to everybody we could think of and as of 1:30pm (Feb. 9) there are over 100 surveys competed online,” he said.
"I'm glad 100 people have responded," he continued. "That is a pretty good number to start off this soon. Hopefully we will have some data for the meeting. I think if we've hit that number already we should be able to get some good information."
The public meeting is scheduled for April 12 at Lower Saucon Town Hall and will be held at 7pm to encourage public attendance. The task force is also preparing to have microphones and a large screen projector available for use so everyone present will be able to see and hear the presentation.
The next regular task force meeting will be held March 8 at 5pm at .
