FY2012 Municipal Appropriation Requirement (MAR) Waivers

At its regular monthly meeting on February 2, 2012, the Board of Library Commissioners granted waivers of the FY2012 Municipal Appropriation Requirement (MAR), and certified the following communities to receive FY2012 State Aid to Public Libraries:

Abington
Adams
Arlington
Ashburnham
Ashfield
Ashland
Attleboro
Avon
Barnstable
Barre
Belchertown
Bellingham
Berkley
Beverly
Billerica
Blackstone
Boston
Bourne
Boxford
Brockton
Carver
Chelsea
Chester
Clarksburg
Clinton
Dartmouth
Dedham
Douglas
Duxbury
East Bridgewater
Easton
Everett
Fairhaven
Fall River
Falmouth
Florida
Franklin**(-20%)
Freetown
Gardner
Gloucester
Greenfield
Groton
Hanover
Hardwick
Haverhill
Hingham
Holbrook
Holliston
Hopedale
Huntington
Kingston
Lakeville
Lawrence
Lee
Leicester
Lenox
Littleton
Longmeadow
Lowell
Lynn
Malden
Medford
Mendon
Merrimac
Middleborough
Middleton
Millbury
Monson
Newbury
Norfolk
North Adams
North Attleborough
Northborough
Norwell
Norwood
Oakham
Orange
Oxford
Palmer
Paxton
Pepperell
Pittsfield
Plainville
Provincetown
Quincy
Randolph
Reading
Revere
Rockland
Rowley
Shrewsbury
Somerset
Somerville
South Hadley
Southborough
Springfield
Stoughton*(-11%)
Sunderland
Sutton
Tewksbury
Tyngsborough
Uxbridge
Wakefield
Ware
Wareham
Warren
Webster
West Boylston
West Newbury
West Springfield
Westminister
Westport
Weymouth
Whitman
Wilbraham
Windsor
Winthrop
Woburn
Worcester
Wrentham
Yarmouth

* granted with reservation - The Board considers a waiver with reservation to indicate that a gap of more than (negative) -10% points exists between library funding cuts and funding cuts of other departments.

**The Board of Library Commissioners granted the appeal of 3/1/12, rescinded the action of 2/2/12, and granted a waiver "with reservation".

The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners denies the municipality of Millville a waiver "with reservation" of the FY2012 MAR requirement on the basis of a 95% cut to the library budget when compared to the overall municipal budget.