There is hereby created a Library Agency to administer a county public
library service throughout Sussex County for the residents of Sussex County,
which shall be a department of the Executive Branch of the county government.
Any qualified employee of the school district libraries encompassed
by this chapter shall be continued in employment and shall not suffer any
diminution of salary or responsibilities as a result of this chapter and shall
receive full credit for the time he was employed by his respective District
Library Commission in computing the number of years of service required to
receive pension benefits within the meaning of the respective county pension
plan which has been adopted at the time of the passage of this chapter.
The County Administrator shall prepare a budget annually for the operation
and maintenance of the county library system.
Any District Library Commission which elects to be exempt pursuant to
59 Del. Laws, C. 480, Section 6(c), shall submit to the County Administrator
an annual fiscal report prior to March 1 each year showing assets and expenditures
for the preceding fiscal year and such other financial information he deems
necessary to prepare the annual library budget.