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Supervisor pushes for competitive procurement for library services; public criticizes approach
Summary
Supervisor Rich Jamieson argued the county’s decision to create a public library board aligns governance with public funding and urged competitive procurement for services now provided by Samuels; a public speaker criticized Jamieson’s use of statistics and accused the board of misrepresenting facts.
Supervisor Rich Jamieson used his board report to defend a policy drive to align library governance with public financing, saying the county’s action to institute a public library board matches how nearly every jurisdiction governs publicly funded library services and does not prevent existing private providers from bidding for the contract.
"What the county has done by instituting a public library board ... is aligned public financing of library services with public governance," Jamieson said. He said instituting a board does not bar Samuels (the…
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