Library trustees approve contract for new director

With a second-running split vote, the Board of Trustees for ImagineIF Libraries approved Thursday a contract to hire its new system director, also hearing of another executive resignation and yet another blow to system funding.

Trustees voted 3-2 earlier this month to move forward with offering Ashley Cummins the director’s role for the library system, despite likely losing accreditation and about $30,000 in annual funding from the Montana State Library...