Stuts Cnty LibraryJamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Commission has approved selling the Stutsman County Library building.

If sold, the new owners may ask the library to move out.

The James River Valley Library System yet to determine what the future holds for the county library space.

Currently, the Library Board is circulating a petition that would place a 1/4 percent sales tax on the ballot for the November 4, 2014 elections, for the planned combined Alfred Dickey Public Library and county library to consolidate under one roof in the expanded, renovated, downtown location.

Signatures need to be turned in 60 days prior to the election.

Commissioners are to create a committee to study the county’s space issues and make recommendations to the board, with members representing the Library Board, County Commission, city of Jamestown, North Dakota State University Extension Service and other organizations.