Kewaskum board debates circulation policy changes, including denying minors' access and fines
During a detailed review of a proposed circulation policy update, trustees objected to a clause that would bar minors from receiving library cards because of a delinquent parent account and discussed inactive account purges, organization cards, replacement-card procedures and possible changes to overdue fines. No final vote was taken; the revised policy will return next month.
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Board members spent the bulk of the meeting reviewing a proposed update to the library’s circulation policy. A focal point was a clause that would deny issuance of a card to a minor when the parent or guardian has a delinquent library account. Multiple trustees said the clause was punitive to children and proposed striking it from the policy; Director Frey and trustees discussed alternatives, such as suspending a parent’s borrowing privileges rather than denying a minor a card.
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