| Library
use shifting with Internet, Logan council is told
By Christy Jensen
March 8, 2007 | LOGAN -- The City Council met Tuesday
to honor the city employee of the month and discuss
planning for Summerfest.
Firefighter Bret Staff was honored as the Logan city
employee for March for his service to Logan. Staff,
a native to College Ward, has worked for the Logan City
fire department for three years and resides in Providence.
The annual Logan Library report was given by Ronald
Jenkins, to inform the council of how the use of the
Logan City Library is changing. Jenkins reported that
the Logan library home page received 900,000 hits last
year and has 30,000 books checked out at any given time.
Jenkins said the use of the collections that the library
owns has shifted since going on-line and making the
journal collection more accessible to people through
the Internet.
Council member Stephen Thompson brought up the use
that the Salt Lake City Library receives from University
of Utah students and said he wants to see the same high
traffic through the Logan City Library with USU students.
An update was given to the city council about Logan's
annual Summerfest event, informing the city council
of the expected success this year. Artists from as far
away as Georgia, California and Mississippi are expected
to come to this year's event to show their art work.
The city is also expecting 120 venders at this year's
event and is asking for locals to volunteer to help
out through the four day event.
The Cache Valley Transit Department asked the council
for more funds to buy busses for new routes and build
a bus storage area that will make it possible for busses
to be sheltered from the weather and warm up faster
in the winter.
Thompson said, "I would like to see more routes in
the down town to give more business to the area." The
council passed the motion unanimously, giving Cache
Valley Transit department the money it needs to provide
more busses and convenient routes through the city.
An issue tabled till next was the possible increase
of the fee for booting. Council members decided after
much deliberation that a public hearing will occur on
the issue at the next city council meeting which will
occur March 20 at the city council chambers located
at 255 N. Main.
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