The Crown Point Community Library will seek budgetary appropriations, including approximately $15,000 for safety upgrades, at the Lake County Council meeting Tuesday.

Julie Wendorf, director of the Crown Point Community Library, presented the council Thursday with three budgetary appropriations: $197,500 from the library’s rainy day fund, $35,589 from the Library Improvement Reserve Fund for separate HVAC repairs, and $14,438 from the library’s excess welfare distribution fund.

The rainy day fund appropriation covers the cost of having to replace one-fourth of the library’s HVAC system, Wendorf said. In June, library staff discovered that portion of the library’s HVAC system wasn’t working, and the appropriation covers the cost of construction and three temporary units, she said.

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