
Canosa Albano, assistant director for public services. The rest of it (was for) replacement costs,” said Jean M. “In the last fiscal year, we collected about $7,000 in our fines and fees account and only about $700 of that was for late fines. Springfield City Library employees and Mayor Domenic Sarno called a press conference at the Brightwood branch, 359 Plainfield St., to announce the news Thursday. The Springfield Library Commission voted unanimously in 2019 to remove all late fees on library items, but held off on making an announcement on the change due to the COVID-19 pandemic. SPRINGFIELD - Patrons of all Springfield City Library branches will no longer be penalized if they don’t return books and other materials on time.
