BRADENTON BEACH – The Tingley Memorial Library will be closed to the public until late January 2025 and will be used meanwhile for post-hurricane city meetings.
“The building is being utilized right now by our recovery team by ISC, which is Integrated Solutions Corporation, and the parking lot is also being utilized for parking for debris management people a little bit longer,” Mayor John Chappie said at a Nov. 21 city commission meeting. “Once we no longer have that, we’ll go back to the commission for discussion.”
“In the upcoming months we’re going to have a site visit from the state and FEMA as our projects move forward,” Police Chief and Public Works Director John Cosby said. “And we’ll be meeting over there so there are no interruptions. There’s a lot going on here in City Hall. That will allow us the space that we need to continue to conduct business for getting the city back up and running.”
The library did not sustain damage from the hurricanes, Cosby said. Cosby asked what the commission would like to do about the one library employee, a part-time librarian aided by volunteers. The commission decided the employee will be laid off until the Jan. 16 noon city commission meeting.
