Public library board will consider naming-rights policy

YOUNGSTOWN — A policy concerning library building naming rights, along with the matter of potentially replacing the deteriorating West Side public library branch, will likely soon go before the full board of trustees of the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County.

Heidi Daniel, director of the library system, said she plans to ask the full board to consider these issues this summer.

A committee of five trustees this morning discussed a draft proposal saying the board may name or rename a building for a donor who gives at least 60 percent of the total project cost.

A still-unnamed donor proposes to contribute more than 60 percent of the cost of replacing the West Side library in exchange for naming rights.

Daniel has estimated the cost of replacing that building in its current Mahoning Avenue location at $2.7 million.

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