Decline in use forces CO board to ask volunteers to run facility

The Gateway library branch will no longer be staffed by a paid librarian because of what administrators say is a decline in use, leaving the operation of the library up to volunteers who claim they’re already stretched thin.

The Mesa County Public Library District Board of Trustees voted 4-2 Thursday night to stop staffing the Gateway branch and transition to a stand-alone “leaf” that would be run by volunteers.