WHEREAS, according to the Declaration of Trust agreement, executed by Andrew Carnegie for legal establishment of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library exactly one hundred years ago:

Thus, the Library's Board of Trustees, only, makes official decisions appertaining to the Andrew Carnegie Free Library;

AND, WHEREAS, from time to time, for the efficient and expeditious performance of Trustee duties, it becomes necessary for a Library Trustee to make a request of a member of the Library Staff, without prior approval of the Board of Trustees;

AND, WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees wishes to ensure that such requests are proper, and that such requests do not present an unfair burden on the Library Staff.

1. The Library Director shall comply with all resolutions and directives approved by the Library Board of Trustees. Further, the Library Director shall comply with all applicable Federal and State laws and regulations, and all applicable County and Municipal Ordinances. The Library Director shall be responsible for ensuring that all Library Staff members, including members of the Volunteer Staff, comply with all of the items listed in the first two sentences of this section.
2. Any request by a Library Trustee, of any member of the Library Staff, not previously approved by the Board of Trustees, must be made in writing to the Library Director, or the Library Director's appointed surrogate, and signed by the Trustee making the request. A Trustee Request Form can be used to expedite such a request. The Library Director shall maintain a file of all such Trustee requests. Any Library Trustee, upon verbal request to the Library Director, shall be permitted to inspect this file. The Committee on Library shall review this file, at least, on an annual basis. The Library Staff is hereby directed to consider, only, Library Trustee requests presented in writing and approved by the Library Director, or the Library Director's appointed surrogate.
3. The Library Director, or the Library Director's appointed surrogate, receiving such a written request from a Library Trustee, shall date the request and give due consideration to the request. Should the Library Director, or the Library Director's appointed surrogate, find it necessary not to comply with a certain request, a written explanation of their decision shall be issued, within forty-eight(48) hours of the receipt of the request, to the Library Trustee making the request; copies of this explanation(along with a copy of the original request) shall be delivered to the Library Board President, and a copy shall be placed in the said file of Trustee requests.

No copy of the original request, nor a copy of the denial of such request, shall be placed in a Library employee's personnel file, without approval of the Board of Trustees. No disciplinary action, for an employee's denial of a Trustee request, shall occur, without approval of the Board of Trustees; nor shall such a denial be considered during an official evaluation of the staff member.

4. Requests of the Library Staff, made by a member of the Library's Advisory Board, must be channeled through the Library Board of Trustees. If such a request is of an urgent nature, the Library Director, or the Library Director's appointed surrogate, shall have the discretion to consider such a request under the same conditions as that of a request of a Library Trustee.

RESOLUTION 1999-4 approved this 26^th day of October, A.D. 1999, by the Board of Trustees of the

Andrew Carnegie Free Library.