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November 5, 2009
Franklin branch of Warren County Library reaches deal with Warren Technical School to resolve security issues
By Express-Times staff
October 29, 2009, 12:32AM
The 20th anniversary of the Franklin Township branch of the Warren County Library today will also serve as a grand reopening after a one-week shutdown due to security issues.
Warren County Technical School and the library are connected by a pair of doors and school administrators ordered those doors locked last week.
With the doors locked, library staff and patrons do not have access to the bathrooms in the school and the library does not have an emergency exit.
In an agreement reached Wednesday, the school will hire security guards to watch both the school's main entrance and the hallway that connects the two buildings, according to officials' descriptions of the deal.
"The library seems to be comfortable with this and I'm happy with it," Superintendent Robert Glowacky said. "We'll pay for it to get it started."
While the agreement allows the library to open immediately, the guards have not been hired. Glowacky said they hope to fill the positions with retired law enforcement officers.
A cake party marking the anniversary and reopening is scheduled for noon, according to Library Director Maureen Baker Wilkinson.
Posted by tumulty at November 5, 2009 6:46 PM
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