ST. CHARLES COUNTY — The library board voted unanimously Thursday night to scrap a plan to close three library branches here.
In front of a crowd of about 60 people, the St. Charles City-County Library Board approved a resolution that “indefinitely” delays implementation of the plan, proposed at a meeting last month. Board members instead directed library administrators to draft a different plan, with community input, to address financial issues in the district.
“We are moving past the May 17 proposal and moving onto other options,” said board trustee Matthew Seeds, who helped author the resolution. “We are not planning on bringing this back.”
The board will hear the proposal sometime in 2025.
The decision to scrap the closure plan was seen as a significant win by some St. Charles County residents who rallied in recent weeks to express frustration about the potential closures. Still, others on Thursday cast doubt that a new plan would differ much from the one that would have closed the three library branches — McClay in St. Charles, Deer Run in O’Fallon and Kisker Road near Weldon Spring.
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