Manassas Park Also Pondering Split From Prince William Libraries

MANASSAS PARK, VA — Manassas Park is the latest city to consider splitting from the Prince William County library system to privatize its library services, according to a report. In June of this year, the Manassas Park council voted to let the current contract with the county library system expire and negotiate a new one. The community's contract with the county library ends July 1.

Manassas Park is in debt, which factored into the community's decision to pull out of the agreement with Prince William County’s library system, Potomac Local reports. The amount Manassas Park pays the county library system to provide services to residents also increased this past year from $450,000 to $530,000.

In neighboring Manassas, the city council heard a plan at a work session recently that calls for shifting library services from Central Library on Mathis Avenue to a new location at Wellington Plaza shopping center.

While Manassas Park officials told Potomac Local they're unsure of where a new library would be located or how much it could save the city financially, CFO Todd Frager of the private firm Library Systems and Services told Manassas City council members the city would save $1.2 million in operating costs by pulling out of the current Prince William Library agreement.

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