PROVIDENCE, R.I.—The city of Providence has filed a lawsuit against the Providence Public Library charging the nonprofit with not complying with the lease agreement and not making needed repairs.
The suit filed this week lists more than a dozen problems at the branches, including leaky roofs, poor drainage, electric problems and faulty ventilation.
Seven of the nine libraries are still owned by the Providence Public Library, the nonprofit that operated the entire city library system until July 2009, when the city transferred its $3.5 million library allocation to the Providence Community Library.
The PPL, which operates the downtown Central Library, agreed to lease its branch buildings to the city for $1 a year.
The legal action comes as PCL has been putting more pressure on PPL to resolve the dispute over the buildings.
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