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Buncombe County library advisory board asks staff to draft missing resolution to clarify its role
Summary
Board members and county staff said they could not locate the county resolution that formally established the library's advisory status and agreed to draft a new clarifying resolution and update bylaws to define duties, quorum and virtual-meeting rules.
The Buncombe County Library Advisory Board spent most of its meeting searching for the foundational documents that define the board's role and powers and asked county staff to draft a new resolution to clarify its advisory status.
Suzanne Avette, a county staff member assisting the board, told members she could not find an operations manual or a clearly documented resolution that established the advisory board: "I do not believe it's in existence. I can't find anywhere any type of operations manual," she said. The board identified a 2017 document (Resolution 17-12-04) that contains duties copied from state statute, but staff and members…
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