Hmm

Ok, I'll have to post more on this later, but in short, it seems to me that we can't legally allow patrons to retain items they have damaged and paid for. According to Irving ordinances, we are to give all withdrawn items to the Friends (assuming we don't destroy them). I don't have time to post the proof right now, so I'll do it when I get back to a computer tomorrow. The problem basically is that a lot of SLAs want to let the patrons have the stuff because it truly is worthless and we won't give it to the Friends, we'll just throw it away. However, our civil ordinances (16-14c) says that we can't sell property to the public, our only options are to give it to the Friends or trash it. At least, that's what it seems to say. I raised the issue at the meeting and was met with confusion, resistance, and mild outrage that I would bring it up and say we might be doing something wrong, even though it's clearly written in our policies and in the City code.