You misread the article >But money proposed for Wi-Fi was spent on more pressing needs... >In 2016, Seattle Public Library stepped in. ... funded in part by $3

You misread the article >But money proposed for Wi-Fi was spent on more pressing needs... >In 2016, Seattle Public Library stepped in. ... funded in part by $305,000 from Google. So the govt proposal for WiFi was underfunded, then the Public Library stepped in with different funds partially from Google.