City: Library board is able to outsource
Source: By AETNA SMITH, Jackson Sun (TN), June 9, 2006
In a move that surprised and pleased some Jackson-Madison County Library Board members, attorneys for the city of Jackson filed a motion Thursday to oppose Madison County's position that the board doesn't have express authority to outsource library services. During a meeting Thursday, Library Board Chairman Gary Kerr announced that attorneys for the city had filed a brief in Chancery Court stating that the board does have the power to privatize.
..... Harris said that there will most likely be a hearing on the city's motion to intervene before any legal ruling on the board's ability to contract library services. But a hearing date or ruling date is unknown.