AL Political Reporter: “The Autauga-Prattville Public Library board voted unanimously Thursday morning to raise the age of minors that must be accompanied by parents from 12 to 15 years old.
The change comes days after the Prattville City Council voted down a historic contract that would have included effectively eliminating the young adult section.
Up to Thursday, the library has required minors 12 and under to be directly accompanied by parents or an adult guardian. Now that age will be raised to 15.
“I take this very serious because we’ve been beat up so bad,” said vice chair Wayne Lambert, who made the motion. “That’s what the public wants; let’s mandate that.””