I’m happy to report that the Mt. Morris Branch of the Genesee District Library will open at noon today.

Many of you may know that we partner with our local municipalities to bring services to our community. The partnership with the City of Mt. Morris was put to the test yesterday and they passed with flying colors!

Minutes after our discovery and closing, City staff were on hand treating the building. The treatment continued into the night followed by an early morning cleaning and inspection. The inspection turned up no evidence of bed bugs.

We are still treating (baking) dozens of items that were sealed in XL Ziploc bags. Early results show evidence on/in two books. Any items found to have any evidence are discarded after being thoroughly baked. It takes about two minutes at 120 degrees to kill bed bugs and eggs. We bake items for approximately 3 hours and then inspect them.

I can say that the bed bug incident at our Mt. Morris branch was met with a quick and extensive response that should leave no doubt that the threat has been contained and is being eradicated.

I would like to add that I commend Sue Alt and Rides for having preventative procedures in place. However, I would not characterize the Mt. Morris event as an “infestation”. The amount of actual items impacted is low along with the number of bugs found.

Thank you for the kind words of support and I will continue to send out our procedures to those who ask.

Dave

David Conklin

Director

Genesee District Library

(810) 230-3335 Office

(810) 732-1161 Fax

dconklin@thegdl.org

Genesee District Library Headquarters

4195 W. Pasadena Avenue

Flint, MI 48504

From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of David Conklin
Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 4:35 PM
To: michlib-l@mcls.org
Subject: [Michlib-l] Genesee District Library- Bed Bug Event.

Dear Colleagues,

Today, Tuesday, August 08, 2017, library staff discovered evidence of bed bugs among items returned to the Mt. Morris Branch of the Genesee District Library. The items in question have been removed and the building will remain closed until it has been treated, inspected and given the all clear.

We look forward to serving our patrons from this branch as soon as this issue is resolved.

In November of 2015, we developed procedures and trained staff on bed bugs. Today that preparation paid off. Although, the branch is temporarily closed we expect it to be treated and given the all clear soon.

Shortly prior to this email we also sent out a press release. We want the public to know, from the source, what happened and what is being done.

I want to assure you all that we are on top of this event and it will end with the bugs being contained and eradicated.

It is business as usual at all of our other 18 branches.