Buncombe County library advisory board meets informally; staff reports hiring, program and partnership updates

With no quorum present, the Buncombe County Library Advisory Board opened its scheduled meeting to introductions and briefings on staffing, programming and community partnerships on the afternoon of a July meeting. Jason Hyatt, Buncombe County Public Library director, said staff would try to reschedule a full board meeting "with as many of our 8 out of 9 currently appointed board members as possible."

The meeting served as an informational session rather than a decision-making hearing. "Our new budget year began on July 1," Hyatt told the advisory board, adding that "our library programming budget and materials budget have been funded back at their pre Helene levels," with the materials budget described as "within just a few thousand dollars" of flat funding. Hyatt said ordering of new materials has increased and staff expect programming to expand as…