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Sumner County library board moves collection-policy debate to April work study after hours of public comment
Summary
After hours of testimony from residents on both sides, the Sumner County Library Board voted 4-3 to send its proposed collection development and management policy to an April 8 work study for line-by-line review; board members also debated deletions flagged by public commenters and law-office edits.
The Sumner County Library Board voted 4-3 to defer final action on a proposed collection development and management policy and scheduled a work study for April 8 to review the draft line-by-line.
The decision followed more than an hour of public comment and an extended board debate about the draft's substance and how the law director's suggested edits had been published. Chair Erica Grammer said the law-office suggestions had been available to the board since November and that today’s meeting was an effort to discuss the proposal openly; other board members urged more time for the newly constituted board to review the 13-page draft.
Residents at the meeting voiced sharply divergent views.…
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