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County Commissioners can’t agree on library board appointments; Process begins anew for Glenwood.

From September 2023 library board meeting
Amy Hadden Marsh
From September 2023 library board meeting

Controversy erupted around the Garfield County Library board this year as County Commissioners stepped in to take over control of making board appointments. Now trustees who have been serving must reapply and compete against other applicants to gain the vote of commissioners, instead of simply being reappointed by the library board. At one point the library board and commissioners were at odds, with the library board reappointing trustees which the commissioners refused to recognize.

Last week Commissioners Mike Samson and Tom Jankovski met with 27 applicants for three library board seats. Amy Hadden Marsh has been following the unfolding story, and KDNK’s Marilyn Gleason spoke with her about the outcome, and the backstory.

Marilyn Gleason is the graduate of CU Boulder's journalism school. She started her radio career in the Roaring Fork Valley at KAJX in Aspen, then came to KDNK in 2000 as the station was in the early stages of forming a local news program. Marilyn returns to direct a growing news team at KDNK.