CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Dear Staff, As part of the construction project ComEd has to undertake work that will require one or more days of no power to the library. This time period is projected to begin Tuesday, Oct. 16 possibly through Friday, Oct. 19. We hope that this means one day of being closed but it could be up to four days. Important points to note: 1. When ComEd shuts the power down, the library cannot be legally open to public or staff. 2. These closed days are unpaid although you have the option of using personal/vacation time if you choose. 3. Hours closed due to construction cannot be made up. 4. This will not affect the Bookmobile service, it will be up and running. As this forced shutdown is beyond our control and we cannot predetermine if it will be one day closed or more, we will institute the “on call” process. This means that if the work is completed in one day you will be called to reassume the next days scheduled hours. We thank you in advance for your flexibility as we know this will occur at various times in the construction process. We will of course post signs and adjust our phone message to reflect the closing is due to construction work. Thanks for your understanding, this is a challenging time for all of us. Again the targeted date to begin this work is a week from Tuesday, Oct. 16, however we will confirm the exact date via another email. Please cancel or adjust programs that may be affected during that week. Thanks so much, Sheree