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A network of libraries cannot be created overnight, nor can it be quickly dismantled. "Creating a library district takes a lot of time and work by the organizing committee," said Clay Ritter, public library consultant with the Idaho Commission for Libraries. "Ultimately it is up to the voters in whatever boundaries there are set to create a district."
If a newly proposed director evaluation policy that includes a section on performance probation conflicts with the present personnel policy by which the Community Library Network operates, director evaluation policy committee members are ready to wait and see what legal counsel says. “The personnel manual either applies or it doesn’t apply," Community Library Network board Vice Chair Tom Hanley said Tuesday during the committee's first official public meeting, a recording of which can be found at communitylibrary.net.
Shoshone County tax bills were sent out by the deadline after recalculations
A recently discovered typo that resulted in a multimillion-dollar property value assessment error in Kootenai County will also have a slight impact on the levy calculation for Shoshone County properties in the shared Consolidated Library Network.