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Library advocates thank council; council approves board appointees amid calls to change selection process
Summary
The Pearland Library Advisory Board thanked the City Council for continued support of public libraries during citizen comments. On the consent agenda the council approved appointments to the library and Parks & Recreation Beautification boards over concerns from Councilmember P. Patel about the current appointment process; the motion passed 5-2.
Camille Sullivan, vice chair of the Pearland Library Advisory Board, thanked the Pearland City Council for its continued financial support of the city’s two public libraries and described libraries as “one of the last truly open, welcoming, and free public spaces.”
The council later considered consent agenda item D, appointments to the library board and the Parks and Recreation Beautification Board. Councilmember Patel asked that the item be pulled from the consent agenda to raise concerns about the current selection process, saying council members were not meeting applicants before mayoral-advisory committee recommendations…
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