Post Falls CLN adults-only area proposal stalls, for now [Video]

POST FALLS, Idaho — A Community Library Network trustee’s proposed policy to lock away objectionable materials in cabinets, closets or other adults-only areas is going nowhere, for now.

Trustee Tim Plass’ Adult Access Only Restricted Areas draft policy was nixed during Thursday’s regular meeting of the board, held at the Post Falls Library in a small, packed room where a few had to stand as each seat was full.

“I do not think we should have to take unreasonable steps of building another wing on the library or making a special locked room,” Plass said. “Any of the libraries can afford a cabinet, maybe the libraries may have an extra closet with a lock on it or something.”

The draft policy called for designing restricted areas inaccessible to anyone without an Adult Open Access …