Article by:
Curt Yeomans
The Gwinnett County Public Library system will have to lay off employees and cut back services to the public in 2023 if county leaders do not include increased funding in next year’s county government budget, according to library system Executive Director Charles Pace.
The library system asked county leaders for money in the 2022 county budget to raise the salaries of employees who were not making at least $15 an hour. When that request was denied, the library board dug into the system’s reserves to fund the raises and to boost the salaries of employees who made just over $15 in order to retain them. Read full breaking news article here.