INTRODUCTION
The Library Operations and Personnel Manager in coordination with the Director is directly and indirectly responsible for all employees of the Library. In the absence of the Director, the Operations and Personnel Manager shall have the authority to apply discretionary judgments in interpreting Board of Trustees (Board) and administrative policy with regard to special or emergency situations. In the event that the Director and the Operations and Personnel Manager are not available, the Fiscal Officer shall have discretionary authority to interpret policy and assume administrative duties for the Library.
Facilities and Location the Wauseon Public Library is located at:
Wauseon Public Library
117 E. Elm St.
Wauseon, Ohio 43567
Effective Date of Personnel Manual
This Personnel Manual is effective October 8, 2024. These policies supersede any formerly published personnel policies of the Wauseon Public Library. Library policies are always subject to modification as conditions change, and the Library’s Board of Trustees may at its discretion change policies and employee benefits at any time. Future revisions of these policies approved by the Board will take precedence.
WPL Approved 10/8/2024, Amended 1/14/2025, 12/9/25
MANAGEMENT RIGHTS
The Library reserves the exclusive right to manage its affairs, and the Library retains and reserves unto itself, without limitation, all powers, rights, authority, duties and responsibilities conferred upon and vested in it by the laws and constitutions of the State of Ohio and of the United States.
The Library reserves itself the following rights: The right to manage its affairs efficiently and economically, including the determination of quantity, quality, frequency and type of services to be rendered; the determination, purchase and control of the types and numbers of materials, machines, tools and equipment to be used; the selection of the location; and the addition or discontinuance of any services, equipment, materials or methods of operation.
The right to hire and set the starting rate of pay for new employees, to determine the starting and quitting time and the number of hours to be worked, including overtime, lunch, breaks, and clean-up times, and to determine the amount of supervision necessary, work schedules and the method or process by which work is performed.
The right to contract, subcontract and purchase any or all work, processes or services or the construction of new facilities or the improvement of existing facilities; to adopt, revise and enforce working rules and carry out cost control and general improvement programs; and to establish, change, combine or discontinue positions and prescribe and assign jobs duties, content and to establish wage rates for any new or changed positions.
The right to determine the existence or nonexistence of facts which are the basis of the decisions; to establish or continue policies, practices or procedures for the conduct of the Library and its services to the community, and, from time to time, to change or abolish such practices or procedures; the right to determine and, from time to time, redetermine the number and types of its employees or to discontinue any performance of service by employees of the Library; to determine the number of hours per day or week any operation of the Library may be carried on; to select and determine the number and types of employees required; to assign such work to such employees in accordance with the requirements determined by administration; to establish and change work schedules and assignments; to promote or demote employees, or to lay off, terminate, or otherwise relieve employees from duty for lack of work or other reasons; to continue, alter, make and enforce rules for the maintenance of discipline; to suspend, discharge, or otherwise discipline employees and otherwise to take such measures as the Library may determine to be necessary for the orderly and efficient operation of the Library.
WPL Approved 3/13/2024
