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Target date set for new library wing

March 20, 2008|Fred Petke

If all goes as planned, the new children's wing of the Clark County Public Library will be finished July 25.

Patrick Culp, a construction administrator with Sherman-Carter-Barnhart, told the library board of trustees Wednesday afternoon the project is about 14 percent complete. Though bad weather has delayed the project, work is still on schedule, he said.

"Sometime next week, they'll pour the concrete slab," Culp said. The structural steel is already on site and will start going up once the slab is ready, he said.

The library is constructing an 8,000-square-foot addition to the 10-year-old facility to house a new children's wing, Library Director Julie Maruskin said. The addition would allow the existing facility to be devoted entirely to adult material and additional expansion. A conjoined project will renovate the interior, adding shelves and 30 percent more storage, she said.

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Those plans, though, went back to the drawing board and have not been shown to library officials, and that part of the project is running behind schedule, she said.

The addition will bring the library to more than 26,000 square feet total, she said.

The board is also looking to fill two soon-to-be vacant spots on the Board of Trustees. Maruskin said one person has agreed to serve, but two others recently withdrew their names from consideration. The board doesn't have to decide on appointing trustees until May 1.

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