CLN board pushes ahead with materials policies
Trustees discuss policies regarding the selection, reconsideration and weeding out of materials Thursday during a special meeting of the Community Library Network's board. From left: Rachelle Ottosen, Tom Hanley, Katie Blank and Tim Plass.
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POST FALLS — Dismissing words of caution from Community Library Network directors, a fellow trustee and without advice from library network legal counsel, the board majority unanimously approved drafts of its updated Materials Selection Policy and a new Materials Withdrawal and Reconsideration Policy during a special meeting Thursday at the Post Falls Library.
Chair Rachelle Ottosen, Vice Chair Tim Hanley and Trustee Tim Plass cast the votes as Trustee Vanessa Robinson was absent and Trustee Katie Blank left the meeting early. The board’s attorney, Colton Boyles, was also not present because of a personal emergency.
“In our last meeting, I thought it was decided that the attorney was going to review this and it would probably not be wise for us to spend a great deal of time until we understand that our policy is legally aligned, so I don’t know why we would be talking about this when we haven’t heard from the attorney,” Assistant Library Director Lindsey Miller-Escarfuller said.
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