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| If an incorporated city or town with an established library is annexed to a rural partial-county library district, what happens to the city/town library board of trustees? | | 2020/11/12 15:43 | 2020/11/12 15:43 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Establishment, FAQ |
| If a rural partial-county library district annexes a city or town that maintains its own library, which municipal corporation owns the property of the already established library? | | 2020/11/12 15:32 | 2020/11/12 15:32 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Establishment, FAQ |
| If a city contracts with a library district for a range of library services less than the range of services the district provides to its own residents, may the library district charge fees to nonresidents for use of services beyond those included in the contract? | | 2020/11/12 15:48 | 2020/11/12 15:49 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Establishment, FAQ |
| Is a County Prosecuting Attorney either required or authorized to provide legal advice and representation to a rural library district or a regional library composed of a rural library district and a city library? | | 2020/12/04 10:40 | 2020/12/04 11:03 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ, Policy |
| In a code city governed by the Optional Municipal Code, who sets the salary of the library director? | | 2020/11/20 10:25 | 2020/11/20 10:29 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ |
| In a code city governed by the Optional Municipal Code, who hires and fires a library director? | | 2020/11/20 10:20 | 2020/11/20 10:24 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ |
| Does a rural county library district have the authority to establish an independent retirement program for its employees? | | 2020/11/19 15:28 | 2020/11/19 16:40 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ |
| Does a public library operated by a city organized under the Optional Municipal Code (RCW 35A) have authority to charge fines for overdue books and other library materials? | | 2020/11/20 16:43 | 2020/11/20 16:44 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| Does a mayor under the Mayor-Council form of municipal government in an Optional Municipal Code city hold the authority to appoint or remove library trustees at will? | | 2020/11/19 16:54 | 2020/11/19 16:56 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ |
| How much should a city or county have in general fund reserves? | | 2020/11/20 15:03 | 2020/11/20 15:14 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| Establishment of Public Libraries FAQ | | 2020/11/09 16:47 | 2020/11/12 15:56 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Establishment, FAQ |
| Does state law require libraries to go out to bid for a periodical subscription service if it exceeds a certain amount? | | 2020/11/20 16:28 | 2020/11/20 16:29 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| Is there a limit on the regular property tax levy? | | 2020/11/20 14:27 | 2020/11/20 14:28 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| May a member of a library board of trustees serve two consecutive full terms after, and in addition to, serving a partial term to which the individual was appointed in order to complete another trustee’s term? | | 2020/11/19 12:21 | 2020/11/19 16:31 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ |
| May a city that participates in a regional library keep and independently manage the proceeds of bond sales for regional library costs? | | 2020/11/20 14:03 | 2020/11/20 14:11 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| May a public library use the Master Contracts Usage Agreement (MCUA)? | | 2020/11/20 14:16 | 2020/11/20 14:21 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| Per RCW 27.12.100, voters in an existing intercounty library district may participate, with voters outside of the district, in elections to establish a new expanded intercounty rural library district. In this case, would an existing intercounty library district dissolve if voters of that district rejected an expanded district? | | 2020/11/12 15:25 | 2020/11/12 15:25 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Establishment, FAQ |
| May public libraries allow their meeting rooms to be used for political activities? | | 2020/12/04 11:09 | 2020/12/04 11:10 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ, Policy |
| May public libraries allow the display of campaign materials on their premises? | | 2020/12/04 11:07 | 2020/12/04 11:07 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ, Policy |
| Frequently Asked Questions - Laws Affecting Libraries | | 2017/05/22 14:54 | 2018/06/13 09:56 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ, Library Law |
| Is there a taxing authority for a non-charter city library? | | 2020/11/20 14:36 | 2020/11/20 14:36 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| Is there a process outlined in state law to determine if a book is obscene? | | 2020/12/04 11:14 | 2020/12/04 11:14 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ, Policy |
| May a public library charge user fees for the services provided by the library? | | 2020/11/20 16:40 | 2020/11/20 16:41 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| May a damaged book belonging to a public library be donated to a patron after that patron has paid for the book’s replacement? | | 2020/12/04 10:27 | 2020/12/04 10:28 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ, Policy |
| May a code city contract with a library district for a different range of library services than the library district provides to its own residents? | | 2020/11/12 15:44 | 2020/11/12 15:46 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Establishment, FAQ |
| How is a ballot title certified for a regional library or intercounty rural library district? | | 2020/11/12 14:58 | 2020/11/12 14:58 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Establishment, FAQ |
| Are there any restrictions on library boards with regard to direct fundraising (independent of foundations and Friends groups)? | | 2020/11/20 16:37 | 2020/11/20 16:38 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| Are taxing districts required to use the same rate on all taxable property within their boundaries? | | 2020/11/20 14:23 | 2020/11/20 14:24 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| May the board of trustees of a rural county library district or an intercounty rural library district file a revised budget with the county commissioners after the county budget date if unanticipated funds arise? | | 2020/11/20 15:20 | 2020/11/20 15:23 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| Frequently Asked Questions - Budgeting | | 2015/09/18 16:15 | 2020/11/20 16:46 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budgeting, FAQ |
| Frequently Asked Questions - Board Meetings | | 2015/08/13 14:19 | 2020/12/30 10:06 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ, Meetings |
| Are digital goods and services subject to sales tax? | | 2020/11/20 16:25 | 2020/11/20 16:25 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| Are charitable contributions to governmental units tax-deductible? | | 2020/11/20 16:36 | 2020/11/20 16:36 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| After the library’s budget is approved, is the library director free to allocate funds as he or she sees fit? | | 2020/11/20 14:45 | 2020/11/20 14:45 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| Are members of a rural county library district board of trustees, not including seven-member rural county library district boards established under RCW 27.12.192, required to be residents of the rural county library district that they serve? | | 2020/11/18 08:13 | 2020/11/18 08:14 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ |
| Are MARC records subject to sales tax? | | 2020/11/20 16:23 | 2020/11/20 16:23 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| Are members of an intercounty rural library district board of trustees required to be residents of an unincorporated portion of a county? | | 2020/11/18 15:07 | 2020/11/18 15:11 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ |
| Can a library charge user fees for services provided to non-residents? | | 2020/11/20 16:44 | 2020/11/20 16:45 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| In a city that has adopted a council-manager form of governance, either operating under the Optional Municipal Code or independently, does a city manager hold the authority to appoint or remove library trustees at will? | | 2020/11/19 15:58 | 2020/11/19 16:30 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ |
| In a city that has adopted a council-manager form of governance, either operating under the Optional Municipal Code or independently, does a city manager hold the authority to dissolve or abolish the library board of trustees for a city library? | | 2020/11/19 16:12 | 2020/11/19 16:27 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ |
| Do state agencies have the authority to spend public funds in order to lobby on their own behalf? | | 2020/12/04 10:45 | 2020/12/04 10:54 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ, Policy |
| Does a library district hold the authority to contract for insurance coverage of library property? | | 2020/11/20 15:24 | 2020/11/20 15:27 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| Does a library board have the power to sell property? | | 2020/11/10 11:29 | 2020/11/10 16:58 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Establishment, FAQ |
| Does a levy lid lift request have to go through county commissioners first? | | 2020/11/20 14:32 | 2020/11/20 14:32 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| Does a library board have the power to dispose of surplus property belonging to a library district by selling it? | | 2020/11/10 11:37 | 2020/11/10 16:57 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Establishment, FAQ |
| Could a city give nondesignated funds (e.g., log forest “windfall” monies) to the library? | | 2020/11/20 14:43 | 2020/11/20 14:43 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| Can the Timber Excise Tax be used as a source of funding for libraries? | | 2020/11/20 14:34 | 2020/11/20 14:34 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| Do operational policies and procedures require board approval? | | 2020/12/04 11:06 | 2020/12/04 11:06 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | FAQ, Policy |
| Do nonprofit organizations pay or charge sales tax on their purchases or sales in Washington? | | 2020/11/20 16:08 | 2020/11/20 16:21 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Budget, FAQ |
| Must a petition to dissolve an intercounty rural library district be signed by at least 10% of registered voters in every involved county? | | 2020/11/12 15:07 | 2020/11/12 15:07 | Jeremy Stroud | Jeremy Stroud | Establishment, FAQ |
