Multnomah Board OKs $120,000 salary for library head

Looks Like things may have finally worked themselves out for the incoming library director at Multnomah County OR Public. The Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a $120,000 salary for the incoming library director, $18,000 less than the salary originally offered by county Chairwoman Diane Linn.

After the vote, Linn said she plans to stick with her $138,000 “promise” to Washington, D.C., library director Molly Raphael, making up the difference through private donations. “A few generous individuals” have stepped up to help make the salary whole, she said.


“I made a promise to her, and she accepted it,” Linn said. “Based on that, anything less than that ($138,000) salary exposes us legally.”