Pete Agostino

South Bend Community Schools Corporation Trustee Bill Sniadecki is asking a federal court to intervene and put him on the St. Joseph County Public Library board before it passes its 2026 budget Oct. 20.

The St. Joseph County Public Library Board isn’t letting the South Bend School Board president’s new appointment take his seat. The library board passed a resolution Monday denying a request to seat Bill Sniadecki, saying that the seat is already filled.

The South Bend School Board president has named a new member to the St. Joseph County Public Library Board, but the library says there isn’t an opening.