City might hire firm to run libraries
Source: By Scott Mobley, Record Searchlight (CA), June 4, 2006
Redding may hire a private, profit-driven firm to run the new main library and its two branches in a bid to stretch operating hours. The city sought proposals from six contractors under a little-noted provision of its agreement with Shasta County to take over the library system. The Shasta County Board of Supervisors and the City Council approved that agreement March 7. Library Systems and Services LLC (LSSI) was the only firm to submit a proposal to the city by the Wednesday deadline. ...... At the very least, county library staffers likely would lose their state pension benefits should they become LSSI employees. The firm offers a 401(k) plan that’s comparable to public pensions, Armand said.