The story continues

Well, we are two thirds the way through the council budget meetings, with the third reading scheduled for next week. Although the council has been vocally supportive of the library, it appears that we will not receive the budget we'd hoped for. It is basically the budget that we had planned for, so all is not lost.
Our next step, assuming that nothing changes next week, will be to request a waive in order to receive State Aid for materials. This is a new process for us all, but I'm optimistic that we will be successful.