The Garfield County Public Library District’s (GCPLD) Board of Trustees is not ready to make a decision on whether to create a new card for minors that would restrict their ability to check out certain books. At the board’s July 10 meeting in Glenwood Springs, some headway was made in discussing the new card and […]
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Myrna Fletchall to resign from GarCo Library District Board of Trustees
Close on the heels of Britton Fletchall’s June 19 resignation as president of the Garfield County Re-2 school board, his wife Myrna Fletchall submitted a letter to the Garfield County Library District announcing her resignation as a library board trustee. The Sopris Sun obtained a copy of her letter on Tuesday, June 24. Myrna, whose […]
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Library Report: Manga books will not be relocated; board to consider new access card for minors
The Garfield County Public Library District (GCPLD) will not relocate books that some members of the public consider unsuitable for children to read, library staff said at the board of trustees meeting on June 5. However, the board will consider a new library card at its July meeting that would restrict materials that minors could […]
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Garfield County Report: County mill levy same for 2025, election judges celebrated, library trustee candidate interviews set
This week’s Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting was short and drama-free. No public commenters were on-hand at 8am and the first order of the day was to celebrate this year’s election judges. Dec. 6 will be the official Election Judge Recognition Day in Garfield County with an open house at the county administration building in […]
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GarCo Report: Library board in the crosshairs, ECMC, nonprofit funding, budget
The Garfield County Public Library District board of trustees has really gotten stuck in the craw of Trish O’Grady, Rifle resident and vocal library critic. She opened this week’s Garfield County Commissioner (BOCC) meeting Tuesday with complaints about how the library board reappointed two incumbent trustees without BOCC approval at the regular monthly meeting on […]
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Fletchall: ‘We can agree to disagree’
With the onset of library trustee appointments being vetted through the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) rather than the Garfield County Public Library District board of trustees — as has been customary prior to this year — things are shaking up on the panel.The libraries, as of late, have been scrutinized by members of the […]