LIBRARY RESOLUTION - Amending Chapter 14, Article II of the Lee County Code of Ordinances regarding the Library

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Committed Today for a Better Tomorrow FILED LEE COUNTY NC PAMELA G. BRITT REGISTER OF DEEDS FILED Jan 25, 2017 AT 02:04:05 pm BOOK 00003 START PAGE 0175 END PAGE 0176 INSTRUMENT # 00491 EXCISE TAX (None) 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 programs and services, 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 possess 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 operations 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 library board of trustees, who are appointed volunteers with no human resource support, has determined its role is better served by providing supervision over the library program and services owned or controlled by the Lee County Board of Commissioners, and deems it necessary that personnel matters shall be subject to the Lee County Personnel Policy.