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Draft ties director spending to board purchasing policy; $500 figure discussed
Summary
Trustees agreed to reference the board purchasing policy rather than hardcoding a $500 monthly allowance for the library director to spend outside the operating budget; they kept emergency authority language in place.
The chair proposed replacing a stand-alone $500-per-month spending allowance for the library director with a cross-reference to the board's purchasing policy so the director's discretionary authority aligns with the policy once adopted. Chair said the draft previously read that the director could expend amounts "not to exceed $500 in a given month," but trustees agreed this should instead refer to the purchasing policy.
Trustees noted the purchasing policy is pending and will be finalized by the purchasing committee; the director's emergency authority would remain in the draft to allow necessary expenditures when urgency or public safety requires immediate action. The board will wait for the purchasing-policy final draft and then update the bylaws to match.
