Because— if we test, we will find. And treating 20,000 sq ft in one old building would not be something we wish to manage.
Wait, what??? So then patrons will drag home bugs, and THEY will have to bear the costs of bed-bug treatment, because the library board wasn't willing to test and possibly have to treat? Please tell me you at least removed all the upholstered furniture! I may never sit in a library again.....