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Library trustees approve director's consulting for C Monterey after debate over process

Board of Library Trustees · March 27, 2026
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The board approved the library director's outside consulting work on a countywide history/tourism content project described as C Monterey after debate over whether the board should have been consulted before the city manager and city attorney signed off. Trustees raised concerns about procedure and time commitments; the director said required city forms were filed in March.

The Board of Library Trustees voted to approve the library director's outside employment with a countywide content project referred to in the meeting as C Monterey after extended discussion about process and timing.

Director Brian Edwards told trustees he had submitted the outside-employment form in March and that the assistant city manager and city attorney had reviewed the request. "We submitted in March," Edwards said, and later added that the city attorney "confirmed, yes" that…

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