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Neb. city library to charge county residents
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) _ A fight over money means households outside city limits will likely pay a $40 annual fee to use to the Grand Island library. The library board on Monday approved the new fee, which will begin May 1 unless the Hall County Board of Supervisors resumes payment of $67,320, payable in 12 monthly installments. The strife between the two groups began in August, when the county board ended a 48-year agreement that gave the library system more than $100,000 in county taxpayer dollars, allowing county residents unlimited access to the library. Library officials say they were given no warning that the county would pull the funding, leaving the library with a budget hole. County supervisor Gary Quandt says he feels ``blindsided'' by the library board's decision.

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