Do library employees fall under the personnel policies as adopted by the board of selectmen?
A. Only if the library trustees have voted to adopt those polices for the library personnel. The powers and duties of the library trustees include the power to appoint a librarian and all other employees of the library and to determine their compensation and other terms of employment. RSA 202-A:11. This power was affirmed in Littleton v. Taylor, 138 N.H. 419 (1994), when the Court held that a full-time town librarian was not a full-time town employee and could therefore be legally elected selectman. The Court pointed out that library trustees have such independence from the selectmen that library employees are not town employees. Q. If library employees are not considered town employees, can they still be included in town benefits and have their paychecks processed by the town’s administrative staff? A. Yes. While library employees are not town employees for purposes of the terms of their employment, the library trustees and the board of selectmen may agree that having payroll and bene
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