“It was to enhance the services, to have programming everyone wants to attend. “Our plan was not to cut everything,” she said. “We have plans to make it better than it’s ever been.”ĭrblik said there are “many hours where there are no patrons” in the building and said the board needs to form a plan to draw more people to the library. “Our plan is not to destroy this library,” she insisted. She alleged that “half-truths or totally false statements are out there generating all this anxiety and discourse.” He suggested that the board conduct community meetings to articulate “what it is you are doing.”ĭrblik said she hoped such a meeting could take place soon, during which the board members could discuss their plans for the library. Asking what newcomers’ goals areĪt one point, Drblik addressed the room during the public comment portion of the meeting when resident Gary Karshna questioned what the mission and vision of the board members is in light of the proposed library cuts. The meeting also called for a closed-door executive session. Assistant Library Director Cyndi Rademacher told Pioneer Press/Chicago Tribune that library staff had not received copies of the policies referenced on the agenda and Keane-Adams, Olson and Rozanski said they had not been given documents either. Neither item included background information.

The special meeting agenda on June 30 also called for approving a “policy regarding press and media inquiries” and approving a “policy regarding board president’s communications with library director and assistant directors.” A public hearing on the tentative budget is set for Tuesday, July 20 at 6:30 p.m., with a final vote by the board at a meeting the next day.

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