Article 30
Mileage Reimbursement
Employees traveling in their own privately owned vehicle on library business will be reimbursed at
the current city mileage reimbursement rate or the current Internal Revenue Service mileage
reimbursement rate, whichever is higher.
Article 31
Travel
The Board shall pay all costs related to the travel it requires. Costs shall include but not be limited
to: transportation cost (plane, train, automobile rental (if required), automobile at the prescribed
mileage rate, etc.), meals including tax and tip, lodging (including all taxes and a five minute phone
call home each night) and other reasonable miscellaneous expenses directly related to the required
travel.
Article 32
Personnel File
Every employee shall be entitled to access the supervisory records and reports of competence,
personal character and efficiency, and any other information which is maintained in their official
personnel file. The Library Administration shall allow the employee access to their file with twenty-
four (24) hours’ notice. Upon request the Library Administration shall copy the file for the
employee. Subsequent copies will be made at cost. If the Administration places any material in the
employee’s personnel file, the employee shall be entitled to a copy at the time.
Article 33
Performance Evaluations
Performance evaluations shall be completed every year by the employee's direct supervisor on or
before June 1* of each year. If emergency conditions prevent completion of the performance
evaluation procedure as outlined below, there shall be no performance evaluation filed for that year
and the employee shall be held harmless.
The performance evaluation procedure requires an interview between the employee and his/her
direct supervisor both of whom shall sign said evaluation. The employee shall be given a copy of
the completed form and shall have the right to file a written statement pertinent thereto which shall
be affixed to the form.
The purpose of performance evaluations is to analyze employee performance in relation to the
mission of the Nashua Public Library. Its goal is to recognize performance and to suggest future
areas of improvement. It is understood that performance evaluations are not meant to be
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