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REVIEW JULY 19, 2023
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Forest Park library to recruit residents for policy, finance committees
Interested community members must submit resumes, letters of interest By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter
The Forest Park Public Library Board of Trustees agreed to put out a call to residents interested in volunteering for its committees, with the Policy Committee being first on the list. For many years, the library bylaws called for a community member to sit on the finance committee, and they allowed the board to appoint residents to other standing committees as well. During a March 27 special board meeting, Brooke Sievers, board president, raised the issue that the bylaws didn’t explicitly outline the appointment process or spell out exactly what they did. The staff developed an amendment to address those gaps during the spring, with the board approving the changes on May 15. With the new policies in place, the board spent the
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