The Board of Trustees of the New Lenox Public Library District looks upon the establishment of the Friends of the New Lenox Public Library as a worthwhile community endeavor, which will benefit the Library.
Complete advance information regarding all Friends of the Library projects and public relations programs shall be provided to the Executive Director and the Board of Trustees of the New Lenox Public Library District. The Board of Trustees acknowledges that it does not supervise the activities or public relations of the Friends of the Library, but the Board reserves the right not to participate in any Friends projects or public relations in which the Board does not believe the best interest of the Library is being served. The Board of Trustees further acknowledges that the Friends of the Library is an organization separate and apart from the New Lenox Public Library District, and that the Friends of the Library has its own Board and its own goals and purposes. As such, neither the Friends of the Library as an organization nor any member or participant thereof may assume any liability or take or authorize any act on behalf of the New Lenox Public Library District. Public relations programs adopted by Friends shall not be part of the budget of, nor funded by, the New Lenox Public Library District.
The Friends of the New Lenox Public Library is an organization comprised solely of volunteers distinct and separate from Library personnel. However, library personnel may perform certain duties and take certain acts on behalf of the Friends of the Library as approved by the Executive Director.
Operating expenses of the New Lenox Public Library District are provided through allocation of tax monies, which are audited by an independent auditor. Friends’ funds and library funds shall not be commingled or integrated, except that gifts from Friends may be accepted by the Library, whereupon said gifts shall become solely the funds of the Library but shall be expended for the specific purpose for which the gift or donation has been made by the Friends. In the event the New Lenox Public Library District becomes the custodian of any Friends funds not specifically donated to the Library, those funds and their disbursements to the Friends shall be kept as separate ledger for audit and bookkeeping purposes.
Adopted by the Board of Trustees August 10, 2009; Revised May 10, 2010; Updated December 11, 2017