Sumner County committee directs staff to rewrite circulation policy, emphasizes local returns and shorter 'lost' window

The Sumner County Library Bylaws & Policies Committee on Jan. 2 instructed staff to draft a revised circulation policy that would prioritize county taxpayers, keep guest computer passes limited to one day, require patrons to return materials to the library where they were borrowed and consider items lost 21 days after the due date.

Committee members voted to have staff prepare the revised circulation policy as discussed and send the draft to the Sumner County Library Board for adoption. The committee's motion to have staff write up the revisions and forward them passed by voice vote with a 4-0 tally.

The committee's discussion focused on several specific changes staff will include in the rewrite. On nonresident library cards, staff proposed charging a nonresident fee to give priority to county taxpayers who fund the system; the draft that members discussed used a $10 fee as an example. The committee did not set a final numeric policy for every item; it directed staff to capture the choices made during the…