[Michlib-l] Dress Code Inquiry
BERRIEN SPRINGS COMMUNITY LIBRARY
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Thu Aug 21 09:53:30 EDT 2025
It's a uniform.
Irene (Jones)
Assistant Director
Berrien Springs Community Library
215 W. Union St.
Berrien Springs, MI 49103
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> On 08/20/2025 2:23 PM EDT Deb Hemmye via Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:
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> Is it legal to spend taxpayer money on clothing for staff?
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> Deb Hemmye
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> From: "Michlib" <michlib-l at mcls.org>
> To: "Abby Bond" <bonda at libcoop.net>, "Autumn Smith" <smith at blissfieldlibrary.org>
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 1:17:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Dress Code Inquiry
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> From: Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org> On Behalf Of Abby Bond via Michlib-l
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 12:27 PM
> To: Autumn Smith <smith at blissfieldlibrary.org>
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> Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Dress Code Inquiry
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> 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 staff to pay for their own shirts?
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> 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?
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> On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM Autumn Smith via Michlib-l <michlib-l at mcls.org mailto:michlib-l at mcls.org> wrote:
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> > Greetings, Library Friends!
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> > 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 our fellow library friends regarding this proposal.
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