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Stay ConnectedChuck Woolery, smooth-talking game show host of 'Love Connection' and 'Scrabble,' dies at 83FRONT ROYAL — After a nearly seven-hour public hearing Tuesday night, the Warren County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to create a new library board charged with governing library services in the county. Proposed by Supervisors Richard Jamieson and Vicky Cook in their 2023 Library Debrief and Research Report, the new Warren County Library Board will have full control over county funds designated for library services, a move the Jamieson/Cook report says will bring increased taxpayer representation and greater accountability to library services. Voting in favor of the new board were Jamieson, Cook, Jerome “Jay” Butler and John Stanmeyer. Chairwoman Cheryl Cullers was the lone dissenting vote. Samuels Public Library, the county’s only library, is now managed by a 15-member board of trustees that requests funding for operational costs from the county — $1.024 million this year. The Jamieson/Cook report recommended more taxpayer representation and oversight through the appointment of a new board by supervisors. The report says that the relationship between supervisors and Samuels, a 501c3 nonprofit organization that has provided library services through a public-private partnership with the county for decades, has become acrimonious since 2023. In 2023, a group sought to remove about 140 books with LGBTQ+ themes from the library. Dissatisfied with the library’s response, the group asked supervisors to defund Samuels and reorganize its structure. After the library made policy changes to address concerns around the books, Samuels and the county negotiated a new Memorandum of Agreement, which was finalized in October 2023. More than 100 speakers showed up for the public hearing that started at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday night and ran until 2 a.m. Wednesday. About 18 speakers urged supervisors to support the creation of the new library board, citing the library debrief report and concerns about government oversight and taxpayer representation. More than 90 speakers asked supervisors to vote “no” on the agenda item, with more than a dozen people suggesting that the motion be tabled to allow for more clarification around the proposed board. Calling the library a gem, a jewel and a treasure, those speakers criticized the proposal as premature, rushed, and incomplete and wondered about the costs associated with the change. Cheryl Masella, a certified public accountant with 30 years of experience in the nonprofit field, credited the library’s board of trustees with stellar reporting to the IRS, noting that Samuels consistently receives the highest marks possible by an independent organization that rates transparency and finances of all nonprofits. She added that as a nonprofit, Samuels is accountable to the Internal Revenue Service. “All of this is done very hastily with no real plan. I saw where someone asked earlier, how much will it cost to run a library? What are your plans to buy all the supplies needed for the library? And there are no answers,” she said. Shelby Whetzel, a preschool teacher from the South River district, noted Samuels’ designation as Virginia Library of the Year for 2024 and said that creating a library board “is not the right choice.” “The amount of money that has already been spent trying to fix something that is not broken is, for lack of a better word, appalling,” she said, adding that she feels the move to implement the new library board is personal on the part of some supervisors. Butler filed requests to remove two books from the adult section of the library last year due to their LGBTQ+ themes. Before their election to the board in November, Jamieson and Supervisor John Stanmeyer were publicly critical of the library’s collection policy and content. “There is no solid plan in place for this board, no answers on cost or future resources for the library. It’s not a true thought out plan, if this was only about the money a solid plan would be in place,” she said, commenting that the move “feels like a tantrum I would see from one of my 4 year olds. I see people using emotion rather than logic in making decisions. That’s not in the best interest of the people who elected you to make those decisions.” Christina Chapman of the Fork District urged for the implementation of the new board, saying that the relationship between the county and the library is “broken and unworkable.” Kate Germano, a new county resident in the North River District, said that she and her husband chose to live in Warren County after retiring from 20-year military careers. “No matter who wins an election, regardless of their political affiliation or personal beliefs, the moral obligation of our politicians is to be fair, transparent and only enact those policies that improve the lives of the citizens they govern,” Germano said, asking supervisors how a new library board would help improve the local poverty rate, reading proficiency or overdose mortality rate. Several library employees spoke about their commitment to Samuels, expressing concern for their jobs amid uncertainty about the library’s future. Members of the Samuels board of trustees also addressed the board, citing their efforts at communication with supervisors and a willingness to continue to work in the public-private partnership. Cullers made a motion to table the item, echoing concerns from speakers that the process felt unnecessarily hurried. The vote in the early morning hours of Wednesday, came four weeks after the library debrief report was made public on Nov. 12. Cullers’ motion died for lack of a second before Cook moved to approve the creation of the new board. “There are more constituents in the county who support the establishment of the Warren County Library Board than those present in this room who are against it,” Butler told the packed meeting room, going on to say that the purpose of creating the WCLB is not to replace the Samuels board of trustees. “The purpose of establishing the Warren County Library Board is to provide governance and also to provide policy,” Butler said. Cook said that she supported the creation of the new board to provide more oversight of taxpayer funding. The county pays about 70% of Samuels’ operating budget. “I understand change is uncomfortable for some, but in my experience change has also been good,” Cook said, reading from prepared remarks. “I believe the ordinance is a good step toward providing transparency and efficient county library services for all of the Warren County citizens.... Just because we’ve done this for years does not mean there’s no room for new ideas or improvement opportunities.” Stanmeyer also read from prepared notes, saying that the creation of the new board “ought to be a rote administrative matter and not prime-time news. The Board of Supervisors already has the powers in question.” He said that procedural change will allow supervisors to delegate oversight of library services with the possibility of enhancing communications and accountability. He said that the county already works with boards and committees to oversee the operations at the Front Royal-Warren County Airport, fire and rescue services, social services and other agencies. “These are force multipliers that help the Board of Supervisors do our job. It’s a big budget. There are a lot of moving parts. There’s 5 of us. We need help,” he said. Stanmeyer said he was open to creating other boards to oversee other public-private partnerships “in the six-figure range.” “I hear loud and clear that citizens want the Board of Supervisors focusing on running the county,” Stanmeyer said, referring to comments from speakers to address issues like poverty, housing, addiction, fire and rescue, tourism, economic development and water supply. “This board could help accomplish that. The library board will be able to handle routine things — maintenance requests, MOA renewals, supplemental budget requests — to allow us to focus on the bigger fish to fry.” Stanmeyer added, “to dispel some fears, creating a library board doesn’t automatically immediately or necessarily ever change the status quo. Samuels will still exist as a private nonprofit. Their current MOA will remain active. The Samuels board of trustees is not being replaced nor disbanded. Nobody [is being] added or removed from that board. The Samuels endowment will not be touched. The First Amendment will continue to be upheld. No particular county supervisor will be ‘handpicking’ the library board. That is a joint responsibility that we will all vote, at least a quorum of us, will vote on each appointee. We are not creating a loophole, nor is there any plan to stack or expand the library board.” He said that if the library board does opt to “re-compete the existing contract ... Samuels, I believe, can compete with confidence. In my view, Samuels would be the odds-on favorite. But even if another vendor were to put forth a more compelling value proposition. And remember that value proposition is not just price, it’s price and services and the trade off between those two things. Nothing would be stopping Samuels as a nonprofit entity from continuing its venerable tradition of bringing exciting new experiences to the library. I hope that will always continue.” Using a Powerpoint presentation at the end of the public hearing, Jamieson addressed “those who do not already have their minds made up,” echoing the debrief report by saying the new library board will provide taxpayer oversight and governance accountability. County Administrator Edwin Daley said Wednesday that the county will provide notice so that interested applicants can apply for appointment to the new board, anticipating that process to begin in January. Appointees will then create bylaws, rules and regulations to govern county library services. “There are three options there. They can enter into an agreement with Samuels. They can find somebody else, good luck with that. Or they could decide to do it themselves, and good luck with that,” Daley said, adding that he believes “the logical thing is that this new board is going to be talking to Samuels” and will function as a middleman between supervisors and Samuels. Daley said that he believes the county can work with Samuels without jeopardizing the library’s nonprofit status. “I don’t specifically know of a policy that anybody particularly wants to change. I haven’t heard any of that,” he said, adding that the new board would work with a library service provider to negotiate an operational agreement. Melody Hotek, president of the Samuels Board of Trustees, said Wednesday that the library will meet with its lawyer on Friday. She plans to call a trustees meeting soon thereafter to discuss contingency plans.