BMPL Policies and Plans

2024 Budget 

The Library Board has a Multi-Year Funding Agreement with the Town of the Blue Mountains that provides the Board with an annual allotment of 6% of the previous year's Tax Levy. The Funding Agreement enables BMPL to plan funding over multiple years, improving long-term strategic planning, more efficient use of staff time and resources, and greater certainty to patrons about the future of GLAM services.

View the 2024 Approved Budget

Administrative Policy

These document define how the CEO and staff will conduct the operations of the library, museum and gallery. Administrative policies refer to all classes of personnel including employees, volunteers, and placements such as cooperative education students and interns.

POL-ADM.2018.49 AODA Requirements and Employment of Individuals with Disabilities
POL-ADM.2018.51 Fee-for-Service
POL-ADM.2018.76 Collection Literacy
POL-ADM.2018.77 Composition of the Collection
POL-ADM.2018.78 Organization of the Library Collection
POL-ADM.2018.79 Library Selection Criteria
POL-ADM.2018.80 Resource Sharing
POL-ADM.2018.81 Digital & Archival Collections
POL-ADM.2018.82 Storage & Care of Materials
POL-ADM.2018.83 Copyright 
POL-ADM.2018.84 Community Feedback
POL-ADM.2018.93 Exhibition Standards
POL-ADM.2018.94 Interpretation Education Standards
POL-ADM.2018.95 Research Standards
POL-ADM.2018.97 Community Standard
POL-ADM.2018.98 Museum Physical Plant
POL-ADM.2020.01 Pandemic Response
POL-ADM.2020.02 Working from Home During COVID-19
POL-ADM.2024.03 Museum Collections Policy

Human Resources

POL-ADM.2018.23 General
POL-ADM.2018.24 Exemptions from the Employment Standards Act
POL-ADM.2018.25 Code of Conduct
POL-ADM.2018.26 Recruiting, Hiring, and Contracting of Personnel
POL-ADM.2018.27 Employment Records
POL-ADM.2018.28 Payment of Wages
POL-ADM.2018.29 Qualifications & Requirements for Employment
POL-ADM.2018.30 Responsibilities of the Employee/Employer Relationship
POL-ADM.2018.31 Hours of Work and Eating Periods
POL-ADM.2018.32 Overtime Wages & Working on Holidays
POL-ADM.2018.33 Job Classification and Salary Scales
POL-ADM.2018.34 Public Holidays
POL-ADM.2018.35 Vacation with Pay
POL-ADM.2018.36 Equal Pay for Equal Work
POL-ADM.2018.37 Benefit Plans
POL-ADM.2018.38 Leave Requests
POL-ADM.2018.39 Performance Appraisals
POL-ADM.2018.40 Corrective Action
POL-ADM.2018.41 Termination and Severance of Employment
POL-ADM.2018.42 Reprisal
POL-ADM.2018.43 Complaints and Protests
POL-ADM.2018.44 Volunteerism and Placements
POL-ADM.2018.74 Staff Conflict of Interest
POL-ADM.2018.101 Salary Administration
 
 

 

Health and Safety

POL-ADM.2024.01 Respectful Public Interactions
POL-ADM.2018.45 Commitment to Health and Safety
POL-ADM.2018.46 Fire Safety & Emergency Preparedness
POL-ADM-2018.47 Work Alone
POL-ADM-2018.48 Respectful Workplaces
POL-ADM.2018.49 AODA Requirements
POL-ADM.2019.01 Fit for Work
 

 

 

Public Usage Policy

These document describe the users (patrons/borrowers/visitors) rights and limitations within the library, museum, and gallery. By accessing services at any Blue Mountains Public Library locations, the individual agrees to abide by these policies. Many are legislated, such as borrowers’ rights; while others are best practice, such as Code of Conduct.

POL-PUB.2018.56 Accessible Customer Service
POL-PUB.2018.57 Children and Teens Services
POL-PUB.2018.58 Community Information
POL-PUB.2018.59 Cost Recovery Services
POL-PUB.2018.60 Hours of Operation
POL-PUB.2018.61 Information Services
POL-PUB.2018.62 Inter-Library Loan
POL-PUB.2018.63 Membership
POL-PUB.2018.64 Programs
POL-PUB.2018.65 Rights & Responsibilities of BMPL Users
POL-PUB.2018.67 BMPL User Dissemination of Information
POL-PUB.2018.85 Circulation & Returns
POL-PUB.2018.86 Room Rentals
POL-PUB.2018.87 Technology

Public Usage Plan or Procedure

The Public Use Plan/Procedure are also called Programs in legislation, and are the mechanism in which the policy is implemented.

Accessibility Plan

Terms of Reference (ToR)

The Terms of Reference (ToR) are the policy which governs the various committees/councils activities. These ToR may be Board or CEO approved, depending on where the committee reports.

Arts & Culture Council (ACC) ToR
CEO Recruitment Committee ToR
Community Hubs Committee ToR
Joint Health & Safety Committee (JHSC) ToR
Organizational Excellence Committee ToR