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At a prior meeting of the Clark County Public Library Board of Trustees, legal counsel Dodd Dixon opined that there is nothing quite like a solid insurance policy.

Thus, action took place during the body’s meeting on Tuesday, July 18.

A crime policy in the amount of $2 million was approved, while the CCPL Board of Trustees also discussed the possibility of adding a place for coffee inside the library.

Dixon spoke of a previous meeting.

“There were two insurance policies that were presented to the library board. One insured the actions of only the Treasurer, and the other was some sort of crime policy…nobody knew what that was”, said Dixon. “The crime policy was just excellent. It insured not only the conduct of the Treasurer, but all the other board members, all the staff, plus my conduct as well…it insures the public up to $2 million dollars.”

The crime policy was developed following its initial proposal, as Dixon, along with library staff, met with an insurance agent.

At first, insuring the treasurer was considered of utmost importance, as they deal directly with checks and other major financial issues.

However, when additional opportunities arose, suggestions were made.

“When I saw that, for about the same [amount of] money, we can get everybody that could ever conceivably touch the money to be insured and that insures the public that public funds won’t be lost or anything…that was our recommendation to get the crime policy as opposed to just the policy on the trustees’ bond,” Dixon said.

Though unlikely, Dixon stated that potential inappropriate activities could be detected ahead of time.

“If somebody does something inappropriate before we get to the $2 million, we’ll discover it,” Dixon said.

In other news, as brought up by trustee Scott Hisle, the possibility of adding a location for coffee inside the Clark County Public Library got discussed.

“I happened to be traveling in the great state of Kentucky through Irvine the last few weeks, and I saw something that came across my attention,” stated Hisle. “They have a [Request for Proposal] out for somebody to come in and provide essentially a coffee service for their library.”

Hisle sought to bring up the idea to see if such could be possible.

“I wanted to throw the idea out there so you all start cogitating about what you all thought might be a reasonable thing,” Hisle added.

Clark County Public Library Director Angela Turner mentioned space concerns.

“They built that space for a coffee shop,” she said. “They didn’t take an existing space and turn it into a coffee shop.”

Dixon also raised concerns about costs if it was to be built upon.

Hisle continued mentioning support for the idea.

“We have a pretty large continuum,” he said. “We can allocate ten square feet out of…however many thousands we have here.”

The Clark County Public Library Board of Trustees made no official decision on this matter during the meeting.