A public library in Texas will be privatized months after an LGBTQ+ pride display was removed, KBTX-TV reports.

The city council of Huntsville, in east central Texas, voted 6-3 to turn operations of the library over to Library Systems & Services, a private company based in Rockville, Maryland.

Earlier this year, a display of LGBTQ+ books was removed from the library, along with a display of banned books. Houston Public Media reports that the library was closed temporarily for the displays to be taken down.

Aron Kulhavy, Huntsville’s city manager, said he had ordered the displays taken down, explaining that he wanted to “be able to better respond to citizen concerns from all viewpoints.”

The removal of the displays outraged some city residents, including Michelle Dimmick, who told Houston Public Media, “There are kids who would identify under LGBTQ, so I think that taking down the display is sending a really hurtful message out into the community.”

The Houston Chronicle reports that the city’s police department was investigating a list of books in the library that some might consider inappropriate, although the police hadn’t responded to a query from the newspaper at press time.

Daiquiri Beebe, one of the three Huntsville city council members to oppose privatizing the library, said in a statement, “I am not in support of losing our dedicated Huntsville library employees or allowing an outside firm to determine how our beloved, local library is run.”

Michael Schaub, a journalist and regular contributor to NPR, lives near Austin, Texas.