Library proposes expanded Saturday hours; county awarded $9,888 Ready to Read grant
Library staff proposed keeping 8'0 a.m. self-service hours and expanding staffed Saturday hours to 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; commissioners raised staffing-burnout questions but voiced no objection. The county was also awarded a 2026 Ready to Read grant from the State Library of Oregon for $9,888, with formal acceptance deferred to the consent agenda.
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Kim, representing the county library, told commissioners the trial change to hours that began last September has been well received and that the library installed doorbells and additional security cameras to support expanded self-service hours. "The 8 to 9 self-service hours, I have gotten a lot of positive feedback," Kim said.
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