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Library advocates press council to resolve contract so NCW Libraries can secure remodel funding
Summary
Representatives from Citizens of Omak Common Ground and NCW Libraries requested the council clarify library agreements and finalize a contract so the library can secure funding for an interior remodel; NCW Libraries said it will publish a Letter to the Editor in the Omak Chronicle and emphasized urgency.
Members of Citizens of Omak Common Ground — including Max Frazier and Shelly Turner — presented to the council about the Omak Library and asked for help understanding how library agreements work and how to secure funding for an interior remodel. Tim Dillman of NCW Libraries, joining by Zoom, said NCW Libraries would run a Letter to the Editor in the Omak Chronicle and stressed the urgency of resolving the contract to secure remodel funding. The minutes record: "He stressed the urgency of resolving the contract to secure the funding for the interior remodel."
Presenters cited RCW 27.12.030 while asking the council to explain how library agreements function and to answer several fact-finding questions; Mayor Gagné declined to answer some questions because contract negotiations were ongoing and the matter was in council committee. Several citizens spoke in support of the library; the minutes show the council did not take formal action during the presentation and adjourned later that evening.
