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Residents press commissioners over library signage, staffing and funding; county attorney notes legal limits
Summary
Multiple residents urged the commissioners to maintain county support for public libraries and raised concerns about recent signage, parental guidance stickers and staff actions. Commissioners and the county attorney discussed the legal complexity of regulating library materials and the library advisory board’s municipal structure.
Several residents and library volunteers used the public-comment period to press the commissioners to keep library funding intact and to press for accountability over library signage and content decisions.
Speakers including Barbara Roberts (Friends of Alamance County Public Libraries), Sandra Cook, and Suddie Belanton described the library system as a county-wide resource that serves many towns and rural areas, including mobile services; Roberts called the system “part of a STEM emphasis” and highlighted its programming and centennial celebration. Multiple commenters stressed that libraries provide essential services such as internet access, meeting rooms, mobile pickup…
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