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Residents press council to allow library to adopt completed policies while arts-policy language is revised
Summary
Members of the public asked the Fergus Falls City Council to approve library policies that staff said were ready, rather than hold them pending the library's arts-policy review. Speakers argued the council's delay was hampering library operations and urged trust in the library board's process.
At the March 3 open forum, Fergus Falls residents urged the city council to let the library implement routine policy updates that library staff said were ready, rather than delay them while the library's arts-policy language is reconsidered.
"The council simply got in the way of the workings of the library," said Kate Fisler, who identified herself as a Fergus Falls resident, recounting council discussion in February and urging the council to approve the other completed policies now while the arts-policy wording is revisited. "Trust…
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