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040 LEE, COUNTY Committed Today for a Better Tomorrow RESOLUTION AMENDING CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE II OF THE LEE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES CONCERNING THE LEE COUNTY LIBRARY WHEREAS, counties are granted broad police power authority to protect the health, safety, and welfare of county employees and the general public by North Carolina General Statutes Section 153A- 121; and, WHEREAS, the General Assembly has recognized the need for adequate and modern library services and facilities for its North Carolina citizens and that a county may establish, operate, and support public library systems pursuant to Section 153A-263 of the General Statutes of North Carolina; and, WHEREAS, because the Lee County Board of Commissioners desires to provide the citizens of Lee County with adequate library services and facilities, it passed a Library ordinance granting the county library system and establishing a board of trustees, on March 17, 1980, codified at Chapter 14 of the Lee County Code of Ordinances; and, WHEREAS, at the time of adoption, the Lee County Board of Commissioners granted the board of trustees the right to appoint a chief librarian, pursuant to Chapter 14, Article II, Section 14-41, "the library board of trustees of the county library system shall have the power to appoint and designate a chief librarian who possesses the necessary educational training and who demonstrates by actual work the ability to organize and direct a countywide library system. Such other trained persons as may be necessary in the maintenance and operation of the library system may be employed;" and, WHEREAS, Section 14-41 of the Lee County Library Ordinance gave the library board of trustees the power to make personnel decisions of the chief librarian; and, WHEREAS, the Lee County Board of Commissioners has recognized the difficulty the library board of trustees, who are appointed volunteers, has in making personnel decisions regarding the chief librarian and deems the board of trustees' role is better served with providing supervision over the library facilities owned or controlled by the Lee County Board of Commissioners. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Lee County Board of Commissioners, Chapter 14, Article II of the Lee County Code of Ordinances is amended as follows: ARTICLE II. Board of Trustees Section 14-36 Creation There is hereby created a board to be known as the board of trustees of the county library system. The county library system shall be a division of county government and the employees thereof shall be employees of the county and shall be subject to the Lee County Personnel Policy.