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Residents press board to keep Samuels Public Library as private contractor, transparency concerns raised about LS&S
Summary
Multiple speakers at the May 20 meeting urged supervisors to preserve Samuels Public Library and criticized the Warren County Library Board's process and a proposed contract with Library Systems & Services (LS&S), a private company. Speakers said LS&S is for‑profit and that the library board and county must be more transparent.
Several residents used the Board of Supervisors' May 20 comment period to urge the board not to move forward with what they described as an attempt to replace Samuels Public Library with services from a private, for‑profit company.
"Library Systems And Services is a private for profit company," Aileen Dierig told the board. "The money that LS and S is requesting just during these negotiations will not be nearly the end of the cost to Warren County taxpayers." She also…
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