Personnel committee sets director application deadline for June 6 and elects new chair after resignation

The Hendersonville Public Library Board Personnel Committee on May 14 set a June 6 application deadline for candidates for the library director position and elected Joanna Daniels as chair of the personnel committee following the resignation of Jim Holcomb.

The deadline was set in line with the committee’s hiring process, which requires a three-week application window from the date of the job posting. Committee members agreed to post the job by Friday, May 16, and to close applications three weeks later on June 6.

Committee members said the April 2 meeting had produced no hire — the candidates presented then were not selected — and the hiring process is restarting under the personnel committee’s established timeline. The committee also heard an update that Jim Holcomb resigned from the Library Board; the transcript states Holcomb had served as vice chair of the board and as chair of this committee. Committee members said that once a chair is seated, that person will review applications and set interview dates.

Kaylee Wilson moved to set the June 6 deadline, and Erica Gregory seconded the motion; the committee approved the deadline by voice vote with no opposition recorded. Members then nominated and approved Joanna Daniels as chair of the personnel committee; the nomination and second were recorded and the motion passed by voice vote with no opposition recorded.

The meeting record shows routine approvals of meeting minutes (including adding the Feb. 18, 2025 minutes to the agenda) and a motion to adjourn. The committee did not record any formal dissent to the hiring timeline or the chair election during this meeting. Next steps noted in the meeting: the newly elected chair will process the incoming applications and schedule interview dates.