On Friday the York County Library Board issued a corrected statement after the an erroneous statement was issued last week. Below is the wording of the new statement and is available on the York County Library website at https://www.yclibrary.org/
Public correction of the record of the October 10, 2024 meeting of the York County Library Board
Moratorium on books that contain any sexual content for minors
At a special called meeting of the YCL Board of Trustees (“Board”) held on October 16, 2024, the Board minutes were amended to correctly state the motion passed on October 10, 2024:
“Madame Chair, I move that a moratorium be put on purchasing books for minors that contain any sexual content until we have a clear understanding of the significance in the language changes of Proviso 27.1. I reference State Library memo dated June 24, 2024. This moratorium will stay in effect until we have further clarification from the Attorney General’s Office.”
On October 10, 2024, the motion was seconded and passed in its original form and wording. Contrary to the posting appearing on the YCL website and issued without prior Board notice or approval, the moratorium never withheld funding to purchase books for minors unless said books contained any sexual content.
We regret that the incorrect posting caused unnecessary confusion within our community and especially among library patrons. At the special called meeting of October 16, the Board approved several affirmative measures to improve our future public communication efforts.
The moratorium went into effect with the approval of the October 10, 2024 minutes.
