Will you be one of the people contacted for the Bayard Taylor Library's study to determine whether the board can raise enough money to build a new library?
The board has hired MacIntyre Associates of Kennett Square to interview a "broad cross-section of the community," library development director Maureen Snook reported to the board at their June 16 meeting. MacIntyre, now owned by Bonny Anderson, will be contacting 80 people and hope to obtain 40 interviews (I know two couples who have already been interviewed). The results are expected in late July.
Where will the new library be? The board has said it intends to move to Baltimore Pike at Ways Lane in Kennett Township, but at the end of the June meeting the board went into executive session to discuss "potential offers of new locations for Library in Kennett Borough. If we have a new offer, we will discuss, leading to a future vote." (That's the way it was phrased on the agenda.)
After the much-discussed resignations of three board members in recent weeks, the board addressed the need to replenish its numbers. It now comprises Susan Mackey-Kallis, Geoff Birkett, Joan Weber, Karen Ammon, Henry Brown, Carolyn Mohr, Rosa Quintana, and Douglas Thompson. They filled one at-large seat by appointing Marguerite Garai (who was not in attendance) and said they have told Kennett and East Marlborough townships that they have the right to appoint board members.
In other business, after discussing the detailed financial reports that the Kennett Township supervisors requested from them, the board debated what kind of information they should send to the supporting municipalities on a regular basis.
"How much detail do we want to give them?" asked treasurer Joan Weber.
"I think people need to trust us," said vice president Geoff Birkett, noting that the board members are volunteers and don't have the time to field extensive questions about the library's finances.
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