Library Board Relationship to Local Government

Personnel is a complicated issue when the library has been created by a resolution of the city or county or if it has an interlocal agreement tied to it. To receive benefits and to take advantage of the city or counties’ knowledge about accounting/payroll/human resources library employees are usually employees of the city or county. 

The law gives the board the authority to hire, supervise, set duties and wages of library employees. To avoid the appearance of being unfair or treating employees consistently, library employees generally need to follow city and county personnel policies. 

The Board may need to advocate for library employees to ensure they are paid fairly and treated well. This comes in the form of negotiating with the local government authority on salary structure and personnel policies.