Commissioners puzzled over proposed library board changes

Larry Griffin lgriffin@thesmokymountaintimes.com A new proposed change to the rules for appointing members to the board of the three-county Fontana Regional Library Board of Trustees could put more power in the county commissioners’ hands. A resolution signed by the managers of the three counties under the umbrella of the Fontana Regional Library – Swain, Macon and Jackson – posits that the commissioners would be better suited to approve new Board of Trustees members as opposed to the local county library