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Council rejects reappointment of library trustee after weeks of dispute; public speakers and trustee respond
Summary
The Liberty Lake City Council voted 2–4 to reject Mayor’s reappointment of Kim Gerard to the Library Board of Trustees after public comment and extended debate. Supporters and trustees criticized the council’s handling; one trustee submitted a resignation during public comment.
The Liberty Lake City Council on Jan. 7 voted 2–4 against confirming Mayor Kaminskas’s nomination of Kim Gerard to Position 2 on the Library Board of Trustees.
The vote came after a lengthy public-comment period in which multiple residents urged the council to confirm Gerard. In an address to the council, Gerard described her decades of experience in literacy and education and asked for reconsideration: “I am asking for your reconsideration to appoint me to the Liberty Lake Library Board of Trustees, because I believe that appointing me for a second term on the board would serve the best interest of this family-focused, literate community,” she said.
The rejection capped weeks of procedural dispute between the council and the library board that began during the ordinance debates in 2022 and resumed at meetings in December 2024. Several speakers during the public-comment period…
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