This is great opportunity to remind everyone in the Michigan library community that your library establishment, meaning the actual legal authority your library was created under, dictates many of the circumstances around how your individual library operates. In Michigan there are TEN different types of public libraries operating under NINE different establishment laws. Don’t forget what may work or be followed for one public library may not be what can or should be followed by another one. Always refer to your library’s establishment first, then go from there when considering or researching what your individual library operates.

Clare has/is followed up with this one library that is a district library.

If you would like to review all the establishment laws you can find more details here: https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,9327,7-381-88855_89735_89755---,00.html

Shannon

Shannon White
Library Development Manager
Library of Michigan, 702 W. Kalamazoo, Lansing, MI 48909
Whites29@michigan.gov 517-335-1507 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan

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Receiving compensation as a per diem or other structured compensation from the organization is NOT a conflict of interest. Conflict of interest comes into play when a decision of a Board member results in that Board member benefiting financially.

David Conklin

Director

Genesee District Library

(810) 230-3335 Office

(810) 732-1161 Fax

dconklin@thegdl.org

Genesee District Library Headquarters

4195 W. Pasadena Avenue

Flint, MI 48504

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Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Board members compensation

In reading the Trustees Handbook put out by the Library of Michigan, it seems that receiving compensation for serving on a Library Board is a conflict of interest. I just reviewed it when this question came up.

Pages 11 & 14 both have a blurb about Trustees not benefiting financially from their affiliation with their library.

I am certainly not a lawyer, but I was always under the impression that being a Trustee was a volunteer position even when elected.

This is a great question for Clare.

Leslie Makela, Director

Forsyth Township Public Library

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Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Board members compensation

Our board members are elected &

they don’t get paid. We don’t even pay them mileage if they go to a library mtg at our co-op.

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Subject: [Michlib-l] Board members compensation

Our library board director was wondering, do any libraries pay there board members? Other businesses that hold monthly meetings pays their board. The average is about $30 per meeting.

We are curious, because it is very hard to find board members and very hard when we do get one for them to actual participate. Maybe.... they would be more involved if they got paid. Just an idea they were batting around.
Thank you for your time and your thoughts on this matter.

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Pamela Feutz
Adult Services
Tamarack District Library
832 S Lincoln
Lakeview Mi 48850
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