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Board refers library service delivery agreement to library board after hours of citizen testimony opposing LS&S
Summary
After a lengthy public comment period dominated by residents opposing a proposed Library Systems & Services contract, Warren County supervisors voted to refer the draft library service delivery agreement to the Warren County Library Board for further negotiations rather than approving it at the meeting.
Hundreds of residents, many representing friends groups and library volunteers, filled the meeting and used the public comment period to urge the Warren County Board of Supervisors not to sign a proposed library service contract with Library Systems & Services (LS&S) and to preserve Samuels Public Library’s nonprofit governance model.
Speakers repeatedly raised three themes: (1) Samuels holds a long‑standing lease and community investment (several speakers asserted a library lease runs through 2038), (2) contracting with a private, for‑profit company like LS&S would remove public oversight and FOIA coverage and could cost taxpayers up front and in future legal disputes (several speakers referenced a $250,000 termination or penalty payment and legal risk), and (3) community fundraising and volunteer operations underpin Samuels and cannot be quickly recreated by an outside provider.
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