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building for the library.
The city provided the building on Dunbar and later it was decided that the library would move to the depot.
According to Anderson, the city also provided an employee to work on a part-time basis. The remainder of the staff was comprised of volunteers.
“Since they hired someone when I came over here, I assumed that they would pick someone back up,” Anderson said. “Not until (Tuesday night) did I realize that the City was not going to hire someone.
“I wondered why they kept bringing up the hours thing, but there has been so much miscom-munication it never occurred to me that they were not going to hire someone. They never came out and said it.”
According to Favre, the City would provide the facility but expected Anderson to operate the library, which included staffing. There was never any discussion about providing the employees, he added.
Anderson claims she could not get information concerning when the Depot would be opened. She said she had growing concerns about the safety of the Dunbar library partly due to the fact that the air conditioning and heating went out in the Dunbar building.
Consequently, in July Anderson packed up the library and moved to Harrison County. She dropped off the keys at City Hall.
“We had patrons wanting to come to Bay St. Louis to use the library who wanted to know what our schedule would be and I couldn’t give them any
answers,” said Anderson.
Anderson sent the Mayor a letter in July informing him that since no word was received from the City concerning the time of relocation, she had reached the conclusion that the library did not fit into plans for the depot.
The mayor responded in an August letter that the City had invested considerable money into the depot and the Anderson library, including purchasing a copy machine for her use and renovation to the Dunbar building.
The letter went on to say the City had made every effort, to keep her informed but unfortunately, the project was not totally under the control of the City. Further, the letter stated that the library was intended to be an anchor in the depot and it was therefore important that it open on a daily basis.
“There was no time that I know of that she requested information that was not given if it was available,” Favre said.
At the City Council meeting on Tuesday, Anderson asked the Council if something could be worked out.
Councilman Charles Scianna asked Anderson if she had a plan to present them as to what she would do if the library were to move into the depot. He went on to say that the Council had never taken official action on the library going into the depot.
The Council asked Anderson to appear at the next City Council meeting with a proposal.
“The Council may consider hiring someone, but it is not in the proposed budget,” said Favre.