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            Proposal for legislation to expand libraries' construction and maintenance capabilities
1:02:09
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Linda Johnson mentions proposed legislation that would allow libraries to expand their work on construction and maintenance.
- Libraries can complete projects at about a quarter of the cost and a third of the time compared to current methods.
- The proposal aims to transfer more construction and maintenance capabilities to library staff.
- Libraries are not interested in becoming developers but seek more efficient project management.
                                
                                    Linda Johnson
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            1:02:09
                                        
                                        Dennis has used a couple of terms of art, you know, lost in the sauce, freezing our butts off.
                                    
                                
                                    Dennis Walcott
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            1:02:16
                                        
                                        Obviously I haven't used our library services for articulating my All of which are
                                    
                                
                                    Linda Johnson
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            1:02:20
                                        
                                        great points.
                                    
                                            
                                            1:02:22
                                        
                                        Is I think some form of legislation that's being proposed that would allow the libraries to continue to sort of expand the work that we're doing on the construction and maintenance side.
                                    
                                            
                                            1:02:35
                                        
                                        We're not interested in becoming developers for sure, but since we can do the projects at about a quarter of the cost and a third of the time, it does make sense for for that kind of capability to be transferred to our staff.
                                    
                                
                                    Dennis Walcott
                                
                            
                            
                                            
                                            1:02:50
                                        
                                        So well put.
                                    