MURRAY - The Calloway County Public Library Board of Trustees met in regular session on Tuesday and unanimously elected trustee John Hughes as board chair.

Hughes is taking the place of former chair Debbie Bell, whose term expired. Mark Mallory attended his first meeting after being appointed as a new trustee to fill Bell’s expired term. Gina Crider was unanimously elected as board secretary.

Renee Lax presented the financial report, with $64,968.68 in the checking account; money market has $10,583,054.09; for a total of $10,648,022.70.

Friends of the Library will hold its annual meeting Sept. 28, at 2 p.m. and that will include a pop-up book sale with cookbooks.

Hughes suggested establishing an executive committee for the library’s strategic planning program which would include a boa

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