<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">From our policy book:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>The only reasons we would
close any library building would be the following:</i></span></p>
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the case of inclement weather when travel conditions are hazardous</span></i></p>
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of power or heat</span></i></p>
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in the library pose a health risk for patrons or staff</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i>The library will not
automatically close or delay opening based on any other institution’s
actions. The closure decisions will be
handled in the following order:</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><br></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">It then lists the Director and senior staff, in descending order. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">We did close this past Sat., due to the unsafe travel conditions. It's rare, as we just don't get that much snow/wind driven snow. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hope that helps! I grew up in Petoskey-- so I know the conditions in Indian River are much different than down here by Lansing.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Garamond,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></span></p></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 11:15 AM Amber Hughey via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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Straight from my policy book: The Library Director shall determine whether the Library should close for severe inclement weather. The Library Director shall notify employees scheduled to work.
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<span style="font-family:"book antiqua",palatino;font-size:12pt">Amber L Hughey, MLIS</span>
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On 01/15/2024 11:01 AM EST Director via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:
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Last year, my Board set our Inclement Weather Policy to require both the Director <strong>and </strong>one Board member to make the decision on whether or not the library is closed. I am running into issues already, with differing opinions from the Board members and they tend to judge the weather based on whether or not they (as Board members) could make it to the Library, but not taking considerations of staff safety into account.
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How is your Inclement Weather Policy set up? Does the Director have full authority to decide closings, or are your Board members involved in the process? I appreciate any and all replies and will happily compile responses and share out with the group if there's any interest.
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Thank you,
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Kelsey Rutkowski
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Jean Fellows</div><div dir="ltr">(she/hers)<br><div>Programming Coordinator</div><div>Grand Ledge Area District Library</div><div>131 E. Jefferson St.,</div><div>Grand Ledge, MI 48837</div><div>517-627-7014<br></div><div><br></div><div><i style="color:rgb(71,71,71);font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">The Grand Ledge Area District Library is situated on ancestral, traditional and contemporary lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi peoples-- land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. For more information, see the article from Central Michigan University Library:<a href="https://blogs.cmich.edu/library/2019/11/26/the-1819-treaty-of-saginaw/#:~:text=In%20the%201819%20treaty%2C%20the,living%20on%20the%20ceded%20territory." target="_blank">https://blogs.cmich.edu/library/2019/11/26/the-1819-treaty-of-saginaw/#:~:text=In%20the%201819%20treaty%2C%20the,living%20on%20the%20ceded%20territory.</a></i><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>