Town to discuss library land with county

The purpose of the meeting is ‘‘to see if we can find some language for the deed that would protect the interests of both sides,” Severn said. ‘‘Hopefully, we can find some middle ground.”

Whitmore sent a letter to county officials June 5 asking for a meeting, according to Susan Hauver, town planner. The town is set to give Frederick County a 1.8-acre parcel in the Sun Meadow subdivision across Glade Road from Creamery Park for use as a public library branch. The town received the parcel free from the subdivision’s developer.

Whitmore has said that he wants Walkersville to have final say if the county ever wants to do anything with the proposed site other than use it as a library.

‘‘The burgess and the commissioners are looking out for the people of Walkersville and their interests,” Severn said on Wednesday.

The county wants no restrictions placed on the property.

The impasse has halted designs for the proposed $4.4 million library, which is set for completion in 2011. The new library would be 15,000 square feet – six times larger than the current branch library on West Frederick Street.

Frederick County Public Libraries Director Darrell L. Batson has said that delays caused by the impasse could send the construction project to the back of a long line of scheduled construction. That would mean Walkersville wouldn’t get a new library for a decade.