Board Members
Library Board of Trustees Chair: Gary Rowlands
Library Board of Trustees Co-Chair: Luke Heffley
Library Board Member: Naomi Berry
Library Board Member: Verna Boxnick
Library Board Member: Polly Hardin
Board Meetings
Our Board meetings are held at 4 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month, January through November. The Board doesn't meet in June or December. We rotate our meetings among the branches.
Message from the Pope County Library Board Chair...
Thank you for your vital support of our Pope County Library System. We are pleased to serve on the Pope County Library Board of Trustees.Members of the board are appointed by our Pope County Judge and confirmed by the Quorum Court. We focus on the millage and how it is used for ongoing maintenance and operations of the Pope County System Libraries in Atkins, Dover, Hector, and Russellville. Our libraries return $8.00 in library services for every dollar invested through public funding.
Activities have included writers workshops, genealogy lectures, educational opportunities for technology, summer reading programs, bookmobile, and many others which serve all ages and interests. Your Pope County Library services are a good return on our investment.
Library Board Meetings & Budgets
| 2026 Board of Trustees Meeting Calendar | 2026 Board of Trustees Meeting Calendar |
| 2026 Budget | |
| 2025 Board of Trustees Meeting Calendar | 2025 Board of Trustees Meeting Calendar |
| 2025 Budget | Link to 2025 Pope County budget documents |
Library Board Minutes
| 2026 Regular Board Meeting Minutes | January February March April |
| 2025 Regular Board Meeting Minutes | 2025 Minutes |
| 2024 Regular Board Meeting Minutes | February March May July August October |
| 2023 Special Board Meeting Minutes | March Special Meeting |
| 2023 Regular Board Meeting Minutes | January February March April May July August September October November |
| 2022 Regular Board Meeting Minutes | February March April July August October November |
| 2021 Regular Board Meeting Minutes | January May October November |
| 2020 Regular Board Meeting Minutes | January October |