WARREN — After years of contention and delays, a new library is coming to south Warren.

The Warren Library Commission approved the project on July 17. At its Aug. 26 meeting, the City Council unanimously approved the construction of a new library at Underwood Park, south of Toepfer Road and just east of Schoenherr Road.

However, an email sent by Warren Mayor Lori Stone the morning of the meeting — which was circulated on social media — raised a number of questions, including whether or not the City Council had been provided or if they had generated a budget to demonstrate that funding is sustainable, which could be used to determine whether the library was something that was needed or wanted.

The questions raised in her email, Stone said, come from not seeing a projected budget for oper

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