The April 2nd meeting was supposed to include interviews of the candidates for an open library board of trustee position. Garfield County Commission Chair John Martin told KDNK on Monday that the reasons behind the postponement include the absence of Commissioner Tom Jankovsky due to health issues and the library board’s request for a delay. But, Tuesday, Jamie LaRue, director of the Garfield County Library District, had not been informed of the change, and by Wednesday, library board candidates had also not been notified.
At issue are two intergovernmental agreements or IGAs - one proposed by the county commissioners that would take control of the library board appointments and one proposed by the library that would maintain library district control. Earlier this month, the commissioners decided in executive session to take charge of the appointment process and scheduled the April 2nd meeting for candidate interviews. Now that the meeting has been postponed, it is unknown when and how the appointment process will continue.
More of this story is available in this week’s Sopris Sun.
