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Purpose

The Library Board directs all the affairs of the Library, including appointing a Library Director, accepting donations and bequests to be used for library purposes and recommending Library rules and regulations to the Board of Mayor and Aldermen. The Library Board consists of seven residents who serve three-year appointments.

Meetings
Fourth Tuesdays in January, March, May, July, September and November, at 5 p.m. at the Germantown Community Library, 1925 Exeter Road.

Members
The commission is appointed by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and includes Jeffrey Berman, Gail Braddock, Keith Loveless, Kent Mathis, Don Rhoades, Sridhar Shankar, Library Director Stephen Banister, Alderman Sherrie Hicks and Deputy City Administrator Lisa Piefer. 

Contact
For more information, contact Lisa Piefer at LPiefer@Germantown-TN.gov or (901) 757-7288.

Town Hall Meeting on School Consolidation

Germantown’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen will conduct a town hall meeting February 7 to discuss the possible consolidation of county and city school systems. The meeting, at 7 p.m. at the Germantown Performing Arts Centre, will include information about prospects for a Germantown municipal school district.

“At the town hall meeting, city officials will share all the information we’ve developed about the consolidation process, the transition if the districts are merged, the eventual impact on students and what our options are,” said Mayor Sharon Goldsworthy. “Even as we’ve worked to understand the implications of a consolidated system, we’ve made every effort to explore alternatives for our community, including a district for Germantown.”

“This whole situation has generated innumerable questions and few definitive answers,” she continued. “We probably won’t have all the answers by February 7 but we want to help everyone understand as many aspects of a municipal district as we’re able to confirm by then.”
The mayor noted that the situation “seems to change almost daily. This has so many dimensions—the March 8 referendum, potential legislative action to block it and substitute a year-long study, possible legislation to repeal prohibitions on municipal districts, and more—that multiple strategies are necessary.”

Those attending the town hall meeting will have a chance to ask questions and share their comments following the presentation by city officials. The meeting will be available for online viewing at Germantown-tn.gov early morning of the following day. Anyone wishing to receive materials from the meeting, request more information or make a comment, may contact Stacey Ewell at sewell@germantown-tn.gov or (901)751-7559.
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