By T. Scott Boatright
As its main order of business during its June 2026 meeting, the Lincoln Parish Library Board of Control passed a motion to request the Lincoln Parish Police Jury (LPPJ) declare some unused items inside the LPL as surplus property in order for them to be potentially sold.
“Some of the stuff (on the list of surplus property) is not completely kaput or nasty,” said LPL Director Jeremy Bolom. “When I say surplus, that’s what I mean. We don’t need the NG-L (L-shaped desk made by the Newland Group) desks or filing cabinets that are in that back room because we don’t have stuff in that room and I don’t see a time in the future that we’ll have staff that will need that stuff.
“There’s one office in the back that has a desk and filing cabinet in it that nobody uses, so I say get rid of that, too. That’s the Sauder furniture — put-together furniture — not as nice as the NG-L desk.”
Sauder desks come in many shapes (rectangular, L-shaped, corner, pedestal, credenza and more) and styles (wood, glass, metal, bamboo and more) and often include features like storage drawers and cabinets for files, supplies and electronics, keyboard trays and cable management systems, and adjustable shelves for flexibility.
Bolom said most of the furniture is older.
“Some of it is from the old library that has been used for work stations or whatever, so I’m going to get rid of those and then replace it with furniture that’s elsewhere (in the current library),” Bolom said. “So, I’m saying get rid of some of it and then move other furniture that’s just kind of stored to the side to where (the surplus property) is right now. I want to streamline a little bit.”
Bolom added that the surplus property in the worst shape is a six-piece blue and two-piece red vinyl-covered Cartwright bench/sectional “couch” with two fabric-covered backs.
“The furniture used to be in the Children’s Department and are in really bad shape (with extreme wear to upholstery and frames and some splits in the vinyl covering),” Bolom said. “And there are two vegan rolling chairs (with extreme wear to upholstery and frames and some splits in the vinyl). Those didn’t last six months.”
Following is the list of items approved by the Library Board of Control to recommend to the Lincoln Parish Police Jury (which oversees the LPL) be declared as surplus property and advertised for bid and put up for sale:
• Five pieces of red vinyl-upholstered August seating squares (various conditions to upholstery and frames)
• Low rolling table with middle storage compartment, 36-by-36 inches (surface staining)
• Lot of two particle-board laminate office “mailbox” shelves (contains rough wear and label residue)
• Sauder dark laminate printer cabinet, 20-by-30-by-72 inches (missing top doors; bottom file drawer will not close)
• Sauder dark laminate desk with attached filing cabinet (79-by-28 inches) (general wear; no keyboard tray)
• Locking metal rolling laptop charging/storage cart
• Lot of two wood double-sided book bins with middle corkboard stand display (various condition, damage to cork, various surface scratches)
• Black literature display spinner (metal and plastic)
• Curved-end dark laminate top desk (71-by-29 inches) with surface scratches and staining
• Lot of two heavy blond laminate desks (60-by-30 inches) with surface scratches and staining
• Laminate and metal desk (60-by-30 inches) with surface scratches and staining
• Seven-drawer curved-front solid wood desk (71-by-40 inches) and matching two-drawer lateral file (36-by-24 inches), cherry finish, general wear, surface scratches
• Lot of two solid wood two-drawer desk file cabinets (17-by-24-by-18 inches), cherry finish (surface scratches)
• Metal and blond laminate typing table (36-by-30 inches) with surface scratches and staining
• Merlin MR (Serial Number C06-2415746) with Enhance Vision monitor (Serial Number 104400M20Y00354), works as expected
• Six-piece blue and two-piece red vinyl-covered Cartwright bench/sectional “couch” with two fabric-covered backs (extreme wear to upholstery and frames; some splits in vinyl)
• Rolling typing/printer stand desk with fold-out extension, gray metal and laminate (25-by-39-by-28 inches; extension 14-by-20 inches), general wear
• Lot of two green vegan leather rolling armchairs (extreme wear to upholstery and frames; some splits in vinyl)
The LPPJ will discuss and vote on the request during its July meeting.
Assistant Parish Administrator Kevin Klepzig attended Thursday’s LPL Board meeting and explained how the process will continue after the LPPJ makes that vote.
“We can leave it here and tell people who are interested that they can come and look at it here (at the LPL),” Klepzig said. “They can then submit silent bids and then we’ll open the bids at some point. Then those bids will be approved by the Police Jury the next month and then the (bid winners) will have 30 days to come pick it up.”
Bolom also told the LPL Board that patron visits and the physical and e-circulation and reference numbers were back to normal after dipping some the previous month and that Events Center rentals were down, attributing that to it being summertime.
He also told the board that a Friends of the Library meeting will be held next at 5 p.m. Thursday in the Byrnside Conference Room.
