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Commissioners approve five-year library lease but reject $34,200 consulting assessment after debate over eventual 'authority' language
Summary
The St. Clair County Board approved a $510,000 lease for library space at 302 Michigan Street (June 1, 2025–May 31, 2030) but voted down a $34,200 contract for a library assessment after commissioners objected to language seen as steering the county toward forming a library authority.
The St. Clair County Board of Commissioners approved a five-year lease for library space at 302 Michigan Street totaling $510,000 for the term June 1, 2025, through May 31, 2030, and simultaneously rejected a $34,200 engagement with a consulting group to conduct a library assessment after debate over contract language that some commissioners said would prematurely direct the county toward forming an “authority.”
Commissioners who opposed the assessment said…
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