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Library board urges charter change to include board in director appointment process; commission tables the proposal
Summary
A member of the Norwalk Public Library Board of Directors asked the Charter Vision Commission on April 15 to restore charter language requiring the mayor to appoint a library director from a list of board‑nominated candidates; the commission tabled the proposal pending research into prior charter changes and the library board’s appointment process.
Laurel Peterson, a member of the Norwalk Public Library Board of Directors and a former city poet laureate, urged the Charter Vision Commission on April 15 to restore a collaborative appointment process for the library director. Peterson said the change would align the charter with Connecticut library governance guidance and would protect library services and staff from politicization.
Peterson told the commission the proposed language would require the mayor to appoint the library director “in consultation with the library board of directors from a list of not less than three candidates…
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