The state will give the Robinson Township Library $52,658 in 2009 -- enough to make up for a funding snag that has caused growing pains for the year-old facility.

Head librarian Mary Theobald announced the funding Monday, thanking State Sen. Wayne Fontana, D-Brookline, and State Reps. Nick Kotik, D-Robinson, and Mark Mustio, R-Moon, for their help.

Commissioner Sam Abatta said the credit really belonged to Ms. Theobald and library board President Fran Burke.

"In the time I've been a commissioner, you ... have gone above and beyond in a grass-roots effort to get this done," Mr. Abatta said.

"It's easy to think of a library you started as your baby," Ms. Theobald said. "It's fun to see it grow into 'toddler hood.' "

Along with its direct impact on the library's budget, the state funding also will qualify the library for Regional Asset District funding through Allegheny County, Ms. Theobald said.

The funding does not, however, address the fact that the state does not recognize and thus does not subsidize libraries created after 2002. In the midst of a budget showdown with Gov. Ed Rendell in 2003, the legislature froze library funding at 2002 levels.

The result is that the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh receives state funding based on the populations of Robinson and Kennedy, which are the constituencies of the Robinson library.

The Carnegie passes on the Robinson funding -- about $53,000 -- but not the Kennedy funding, which is about $36,000.

The lack of state recognition has also affected RAD funding.

Ms. Theobald said she and other library representatives would keep working on the state funding formula, and on the formulas for RAD funding.

The library was not alone in announcing state funding Monday. Sen. Fontana presented $24,532 to police Chief Dale Vietmeier for Tasers and training for police.

Chief Vietmeier acknowledged that Tasers are controversial right now, after the recent death of a Swissvale man, but said they are useful tools for the safety of police and residents. He also noted that Robinson police will be trained, and the department will have guidelines for Taser use.

In other business, the commissioners authorized advertisement of an ordinance prohibiting parking along Campbells Run Road.

"Anyone who travels Campbells Run by Keiners Lane will know why we're doing this," commissioners' Chairman Dan Tallon said.

Chief Vietmeier said a car dealership across the border in Collier habitually parks extra cars along the berm of Campbells Run, creating issues for drivers.

"We asked them for cooperation back in the spring, and they did for a little bit," the chief said. "Then they went right back to 'we don't care.' " He said county officials -- the road is county-owned -- said they would put up no-parking signs if Robinson police would enforce it, "and we certainly would."

The commissioners cannot approve the ordinance until next month, however, and cannot enforce it until the county erects the signs.

The commissioners also tabled a proposal for a new baseball field in Burkett Park. The field would be paid for by the township Boys' Baseball Association, but the township wants to be sure ownership and legal rights are clear.