*May 19, 2026
A parent/guardian or caregiver 18 years of age or older must be responsible for monitoring the activities and managing the behavior of vulnerable adults during their Library visits. Staff cannot be expected to monitor or prevent vulnerable adults from leaving the building/grounds or to assume responsibility for monitoring their behavior.
The Library will adhere to the following guidelines concerning the care and behavior of vulnerable adults:
- Vulnerable adults, who can understand and follow the Library’s rules of conduct and who can care for themselves, are welcomed to be in the Library unattended. Vulnerable adults will be expected to follow the rules of conduct as outlined in the Library’s Public Behavior Policy. They should have contact information citing a parent/guardian or caregiver who can assist them in an emergency.
- Vulnerable adults who are unable or unwilling to care for themselves must be attended by adult supervision and have adequate supervision at all times.
- Staff will attempt to contact a parent/guardian or caregiver when a vulnerable adult’s:
- health or safety is in compromised
- behavior disturbs other Library users
- conduct violates the Library’s Public Behavior Policy
- parent/guardian or caregiver is not present at closing time.
Every reasonable effort will be made by the staff to assist the vulnerable adult in contacting the appropriate responsible adult. If no responsible adult is reached, or the vulnerable adult is not picked up within 15 minutes of Library closing, staff may notify the police and/or an appropriate County agency.
*A vulnerable adult is deemed to be an individual 18 years of age or older who is mentally or physically challenged to a degree that impairs the individual’s capacity to provide adequately for his/her own care or manage his/her own behavior without assistance.