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Library trustees warn LS&S didn't implement adopted policies as county opens independent system

King William County Board of Supervisors · July 14, 2025
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Summary

The newly formed King William County Library Board of Trustees told supervisors that locally adopted library policies were not implemented when the county opened its independent library system July 1; the trustees pressed county staff and vendor LS&S for written enforcement mechanisms and monthly financial reporting.

Ashley Herndon, chair of the King William County Library Board of Trustees, told the Board of Supervisors that the trustees approved local library policies and a five-year plan in April but found those policies were not fully implemented when the county'run King William County Library System opened July 1. "We adopted these policies in April," Herndon said, "and those same approved policies were not being implemented and still are currently not being offered." She told supervisors the trustees did not receive a copy of the state aid application before it was submitted and said the omission left staff and trustees without a clear enforcement pipeline.

The trustees asked for monthly financial reports from the vendor and the…

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