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Residents urge transparency, board appointments after county leaves regional library system
Summary
Residents told commissioners to restore openness and appoint a Columbia County regional library board after the county withdrew from the Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library System, citing lost staff, reduced programming and opaque policy changes.
Several residents urged the Columbia County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 6 to restore transparency and appoint members to a new regional library board after the county withdrew from the Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library System in May.
Karen Parham, of 3421 Hilltop Trail, said the county dissolved its county-level advisory board and created an empty regional board with no members, leaving a transition period with “no public library meetings and no…
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