Helen Poyer, who has been the director of the Cobb County Public Library System since 2009, is retiring from her post.
On Thursday, Cobb commissioners will be asked to approve her successor.
According to an agenda item for Thursday’s meeting, Chairwoman Lisa Cupid is recommending that Keith Schuermann, director of the Harris-Troup Regional Library System in LaGrange, be hired for the position.
Under Poyer’s leadership, the 15-branch Cobb library system has undergone a number of expansions and constructed new facilities, including the Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center and the replacement Gritters Library, which opened recently.
Those two East Cobb branches are conducting operations with Cobb PARKS to spearhead expanded services and programs.
Sewell Mill offers art and spacemaker classes to the public and conducts events in a blackbox theatre.
The new Gritters Library is housed with the Northeast Cobb Community Center and CobbWorks, the county’s workforce development agency.
Earlier this year, the Cobb library system was named the library of the year by the Georgia Public Library Service “for its commitment to serving its community by partnering with numerous organizations within its county and statewide, and for efforts to expand access to materials and essential services to its community.”
Other library branches in East Cobb, include the East Cobb Library at Parkaire Landing and the Mountain View Regional Library.
Poyer began in Cobb at the South Cobb Library in 2006 before becoming the system’s director three years later.
Schuermann has been in his present role since 2012 and has been a librarian since 2003. He started his library career in the Cleveland, Ohio, area, followed by stints at libraries in Cape Coral, Fla., and Gwinnett County.
He would begin his duties in Cobb on Dec. 2, according to Thursday’s agenda item (you can read it here).
Thursday’s meeting was moved up from next Tuesday due to the Thanksgiving holiday next week.
Also on the meeting agenda (you can read it here) is adoption of the county’s 2025 legislative agenda and a variety of code amendments.
But zoning-related proposals, including one that would allow for accessory dwelling units, have been withdrawn and will not be considered.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. Thursday in the second floor board room of the David Hankerson Cobb Office Building (100 Cherokee St., Marietta).
You can read through the full agenda by clicking here.
You also can watch on the county’s website and YouTube channels and on Cobb TV 23 on Comcast Cable.
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