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| “Sidney asking for
@ suppor againsi
@ library board

The Town of Sidney is writing
2/ letters to municipal members of

ie Vancouver Island Regional
Library, asking for support against
a move to eliminate local councils
from involvement in board’ busi-
ness.

Sidney Ald: John Calder, acting
as an alternate to library board
representative Ald. Stan Bamford,
reported to council Oct. 9 on a
recem@plibrary board meeting.
¥ “There appears to be a concert-
ed effort to eliminate local coun-
cils from the board,” Calder said.
“What has been proposed is that
ppoard members will be reduced to
12 school district representatives
# from 40 (council and school board

representatives).””
® # Despite opposition from the
@dney and North Saanich library
board reps, the motion passed and
is going to the Ministry of Munici-
@ pal Affairs for approval, Calder
= said. :
= ‘| feel we will lose control of

sdecisions at our library. Even our
library branch rep spoke against
it,’ Calder said.
# ## ‘he motion is for future Van-

couver Island Regional Library
board members to be elected as
library board trustees — one for
‘each school district within the
regional library system for a total
of 12.

The move is partly being made
to cut the costs of meetings and
encourage more frequent meet-
ings. Currently, it costs about
,000 for the board to meet,
#7 Bamford said. Meetings are now
af four times per year.

Calder was concerned about
@ where a School District 63 repre-
sentative would stand if a library
f dispute occurred between Sidney
@ and North Saanich about the joint-
@ ly-used branch library.

3 Bamford said the recommenda-
™@ tion was made to allay criticism
= that not all regional library board
a members are elected officials.

Ald. Bob Jones expressed con-
mi cem about the possible cost of
stipends for elected library board
members. Mayor Norma Sealey
said the move would mean “there
would be more autonomy than
= there is now.”

f @ Council agreed to seek support
7 from the other 27 municipalities in
expressing objection to the board’s
motion.

“It’s an unusual step for us but I
think it’s worth the 27 sheets of
| paper and 27 stamps,” Calder
SF said.

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