The Library Board recommended ending some fees!

Three People's Alliance members attended the Board of Trustees meeting at 6pm Tuesday, in the Main Library's Auditorium.  BOCC liaison Michael Page was absent.  I am surprised by how easy the decision was.  The meeting opened with some 'bureaucratic housekeeping,' two people spoke for the PA, there was some more housekeeping, and then the "old business" of the fees was settled in less than the 20 minutes allotted in the agenda!  The Library still does not have the statistics for room use in October 2006 and October 2007 at the Main Library compiled.  Among other things, the speakers told the Board about the precarious situation of groups using the Parkwood Branch Library, groups that stopped using Stanford L. Warren and Southwest libraries, and that the PA had a meeting at the Herald-Sun's building (almost not being able to reserve the space because of a new limit), instead of at the Main Library, because of the fees.  I hoped more groups would come and speak, but others protested earlier apparently.  A Board member said County Commissioner Becky Heron originated the idea of fees.  It seemed like there was very quickly a motion to end the fees, with a second, but it was held to discuss the issue further.  Then there was another proposal, seconds, and the Board voted unanimously to end the fees for non-profits.  The Library will absorb the lost $15,000 dollars they expected from fees in other ways they said, and the for-profit fee remains.  This meeting was meant to be the public hearing that the PA requested (of the BOCC) several weeks ago, and apparently they will be "very defferential" to the Trustees' recommendation.  There should be more posted on the PA website soon.  Is this the end of the fees (at least for non-profit users)?