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ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPRESSED SERIOUS DOUBTS ABOUT THE <br />LEGALITY OF THE LIBRARY BOARD GOING THROUGH A RECALL ELECTION. <br />HE NOTED THAT THE BUILDING AND ASSETS ARE OWNED BY THE NON-PROFIT <br />ASSOCIATION, BUT THE LIBRARY BOARD IS SUBSTANTIALLY DEPENDENT ON <br />PUBLIC GOVERNMENTAL FUNDING FOR ITS REVENUE. HE RECOMMENDED THAT <br />THE COMMISSION GIVE THE FACTIONS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESTUDY THEIR <br />GOALS, REPRESENT THEM TO THE COMMISSION, AND THEN REACT. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER STATED THAT HE PERSONALLY WAS <br />WILLING TO CONTINUE FUNDING AT THE SAME LEVEL, BUT THOUGHT JUSTIFY- <br />ING THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING MIGHT MOTIVATE THE FACTIONS TO <br />GET TOGETHER AND RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES. <br />COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK REPORTED THAT HE HAD DISCUSSED THIS <br />MATTER WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STATE ASSOCIATION OF LIBRARIES, <br />WHO STATED THAT THIS SITUATION WAS FAR FROM A UNIQUE PROBLEM AND <br />RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNTIES GAIN MORE CONTROL OVER THE LIBRARIES <br />AND NOT LESS. HE FELT IF A MAJOR PORTION OF FUNDING IS COMING FROM <br />COUNTY GOVERNMENT, THAN A MAJOR SAY SHOULD BE AT THAT LEVEL. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE CONTINUED THAT IF THE SITUATION <br />REMAINS THE SAME WITH THE LIBRARIAN NOT COMMUNICATING WITH THE <br />LIBRARY BOARD AND PROPER FINANCIAL REPORTS NOT BEING DONE, HE WOULD <br />HOPE THAT WITHIN A 30 -DAY PERIOD SOMETHING IS WORKED OUT TO SEE <br />THAT THE MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION OF <br />THE LIBRARY IS SECURE. HE NOTED THAT THE 30 DAY PERIOD WAS IN <br />RESPONSE TO THE SIGNATURES ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION AND ALSO TO HAVE <br />THE LIBRARIAN RESPOND DIRECTLY TO THE LIBRARY BOARD ABOUT HER CON- <br />CERNS ABOUT THE TEN POINT GOALS. <br />COMMISSIONER FLETCHER REPORTED THAT HE ATTENDED THE LATER <br />MEETING OF THE LIBRARY BOARD AND GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT THE PETITION <br />FOR RECALL HAD BEEN STAYED AND HOPED THAT THE 30 DAYS WILL ALLOW FOR <br />COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE LIBRARIAN AND HER STAFF AND THE LIBRARY <br />BOARD. <br />MAYOR GOFF STATED THAT HE HOPED TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO <br />THE COMMISSION BY THEIR MEETING OF OCTOBER 21ST WITH THE LIBRARY <br />BOARD GOALS. <br />E00�( 1 P. 7' <br />PAGE H2O <br />SEP 3 01581 41 <br />