10/18/23

IT APPEARS BLACK MOLD HAS BEEN DISCOVERED AT THE PRESCOTT VALLEY PUBLIC LIBRARY. TOWN OFFICIALS SAY A CONTRACTOR WORKING ON THE LIBRARY’S REMODELING DISCOVERED WHAT APPEARS TO BE BLACK MOLD BEHIND SOME SHEET ROCK IN THE AUDITORIUM. THAT PART OF THE LIBRARY WAS SEALED OFF. THE AUDITORIUM’S HVAC SYSTEM WAS ALSO SHUT OFF TO PREVENT ANY MOLD FROM SPREADING TO OTHER PARTS OF THE LIBRARY. 

ANOTHER CONTRACTOR IS BEING BROUGHT IN TO TEST THE MOLD. IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT IT IS BLACK MOLD, REMEDIATION WORK WILL BEGIN. THE REST OF THE LIBRARY WILL ALSO BE TESTED TO SEE IF THERE IS MOLD ELSEWHERE.