jonnsmith180

Review of Council Bluffs Public Library

Nice facility. Great selection. Plenty of computer...

Nice facility. Great selection. Plenty of computers.
Terrible staff. Kathy Reiger is still managing due to family connections to city hall. The IT guys will lie about the poor wifi coverage being your electronics and the staff create arbitrary rules to enforce selectively. The director (Kathy Reiger) thinks the place is her own private "show palace" regarding chair placement and the best reading area (East atrium) was converted to two rooms that are empty 90% of the time. The library board and staff find ways to spend money needlessly (5 outdoor cameras, 2 gates to block 20 square feet of nook, interior book drop rebuild) but refuse to extend wifi coverage in the building. The Teen Center is great but the library director\staff voted to close at 5pm on Friday and Saturday due to "too many teens". Too many old ladies expressing their angst via draconian behavior.