<html><body><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Is it legal to spend taxpayer money on clothing for staff? </div><div><br></div><div data-marker="__SIG_PRE__"><div><span style="font-size:13pt"><em>Deb Hemmye</em></span> <br>Library Director <br>Huntington Woods Public Library <br>26415 Scotia Road <br>Huntington Woods, MI 48070 <br>248-543-9720, ext. 686 <br><br>Currently reading<em> The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook, </em>by Hampton Sides</div><div><img src="cid:bc77034ff0395c4df7e2e999918aace2cad14757@zimbra" data-mce-src="https://webmail.tln.org/home/dhemmye@hwoodslib.org/Briefcase/Wide Wide Sea.jpg" width="75" height="114" doc="Briefcase/Wide Wide Sea.jpg"></div></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr" data-marker="__DIVIDER__"><div data-marker="__HEADERS__"><b>From: </b>"Michlib" <michlib-l@mcls.org><br><b>To: </b>"Abby Bond" <bonda@libcoop.net>, "Autumn Smith" <smith@blissfieldlibrary.org><br><b>Cc: </b>"Michlib" <michlib-l@mcls.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, August 20, 2025 1:17:31 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Michlib-l] Dress Code Inquiry<br></div><div><br><style><!--
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<p class="MsoNormal">Abby- You read my mind! <span style="font-family:'segoe ui emoji' , sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Clare</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Clare D. Membiela, MLS, J.D.<span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:MembielaC@michigan.gov" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"><span style="color:#0563c1">MembielaC@michigan.gov</span></a></p>
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</span></i><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'timesnewromanps-italicmt' , serif">Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479, 482 (1965).</span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri' , sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:'calibri' , sans-serif"> Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Abby Bond via Michlib-l<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, August 20, 2025 12:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Autumn Smith <smith@blissfieldlibrary.org><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] Dress Code Inquiry</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think a big consideration should be how many staff members you have, how much turnover, and how many shirts each staff member should have to get through the week. Does your budget easily cover that cost? Does the Board member expect the
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<p class="MsoNormal">It might not even be a question on whether it's a good idea or not, but are you willing to spend the money on it?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 10:59<span style="font-family:'arial' , sans-serif"> </span>AM Autumn Smith via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'verdana' , sans-serif">We have a board member who is proposing that all staff should wear library branded polos at the desk. We are reaching out to other Michigan libraries to see if any other libraries
currently have a similar policy in place or have in the past. We do currently have a dress code which was approved by the board just a few years ago and seems to be serving us well at this time, so we are most interested in just gathering information from
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