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November 4, 2023
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CLN votes to again pursue Redman Insurance
Insurance, job descriptions, staff utilization plan among tasks for director
The board majority plowed through several motions Wednesday during a special meeting of Community Library Network trustees at the Hayden Library, where the board chair had two attendees removed for behavior she considered to be disruptive.
CLN trustees to review all materials purchases
Library director says move is unethical, increases liability risk
Staff members of the Community Library Network will now be required to present the board of trustees with a report of new purchases every other month.
Library network trustees continue refining policies
Regular meeting will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Hayden
Legal counsel for the Community Library Network's board of trustees found a sentence in the statement and intent piece of a draft Materials Selection Policy to be unusual.
CLN library director policy committee holds first meeting
Performance, probation, veering from personnel policy discussed
If a newly proposed director evaluation policy that includes a section on performance probation conflicts with the present personnel policy by which the Community Library Network operates, director evaluation policy committee members are ready to wait and see what legal counsel says. “The personnel manual either applies or it doesn’t apply," Community Library Network board Vice Chair Tom Hanley said Tuesday during the committee's first official public meeting, a recording of which can be found at communitylibrary.net.
Community Library Network facing litigation threat
Changes to materials selection policies draw scrutiny
Litigation may be imminent for the new board of the Community Library Network. Former trustee Regina McCrea submitted a letter Wednesday addressed to the board majority — Rachelle Ottosen, Tim Plass and Tom Hanley — in her official capacity as an attorney.