Library board members talked about eliminating fines, but not fees when they met Monday night.
The Keene Memorial advisory board voted to send a revised policy manual to the Fremont City Council for approval in April.
Removed from the revised manual is a section regarding fines for overdue materials.
Laura England-Biggs, interim library director, said libraries nationally â approximately 200 across the country â and internationally are following a trend of going fine free.
Currently, fines are 5 cents a day for childrenâs materials and 15 cents a day for adult and young adult materials at Keene.
âThe fines we collect on an annual basis are less than a $5,000 revenue stream in a $1.3 million-dollar budget,â England-Biggs said. âWe arenât going to miss that income, but it will do a lot of goodwill in the community if we can say, âHey, weâre not going to charge you that 50 cents, just bring it back.ââ