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Library board waits to act on controversial firing

Many upset by inaction to reinstate popular worker fired by director
Dennis Yusk, Times Union
Updated 7:55 am, Wednesday, June 12, 2013

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Several speakers on Tuesday criticized members of the Round Lake Library board for postponing action on a personnel issue that has caused a huge uproar in this small village.

The seven-member board took no public action on motions passed Monday by The Women's Round Lake Improvement Society, which operates the library. The group voted to demand the library board seek the resignation of Library Director Carol Sheffer for firing longtime employee Theresa Marchione because Marchione closed the facility 40 minutes early due to a tornado warning on May 29. It also passed a motion stating Marchione should be reinstated with back pay.

"We will not comment because it's an ongoing investigation," library board President Sandra Debus told a crowd of more 125 people on Tuesday.

The board would discuss the matter in executive session and conclude its review of Marchione's dismissal "within the week," Debus said. She said the library board would report to the improvement society by the group's June 20 meeting.

Several speakers pounded the board for delaying action. "You are running afoul of your parent organization and every village resident," Bob Sweet said to sustained applause. Sheffer attended the meeting, but declined comment. Marchione's family members, including her three children, spoke briefly with reporters.

"She's very hurt by the matter," son James Marchione Jr. said. Theresa Marchione appreciated the community's support, he said.

A more than 20-year library employee, Theresa Marchione closed the library about 40 minutes early on May 29 so patrons and employees could find shelter from a tornado predicted to strike the village. It ended up touching down in nearby Clifton Park.

Marchione is the second employee to have lost her job since Sheffer became director about five years ago, Mayor Dixie Lee Sacks said. "I hope you make the right decision because I'd really hate to see our little library go downhill," Sacks told the library board.

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