Franklin County is facing a staffing shortage at the public libraries in Eastpoint and Carrabelle.
Mrs. Eugenia Butler will retire as library assistant at the end of this week; she has held that job for nearly 6 years.
Library director Anne Birchwell resigned her position last month, leaving the Eastpoint library with only one staff member.
Michael Moron, who is serving as the interim library director, said the biggest fear is that with only one staff member, the library will have to be closed if that worker gets sick or has to take a day off.
While there are plenty of volunteers, volunteers cannot keep the library open unsupervised.
Commissioner Cheryl Sanders said the library has been closed before so that shouldn't be a problem, and commission chairman William Massey added that there has long been a staffing shortage in Carrabelle and it has more visitors than the Eastpoint branch.
The county is seeking applications from county workers for the library assistant's job – if no county workers apply, the job will be advertised to the general public.
The county is also seeking applicants for a new library director.
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