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Subchapter
006
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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 3, § 179)
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§ 179. Composition
The Board of Library Commissioners shall consist of ten members. Six of such members
shall be designated the public commissioners and four of such members shall be designated
the trustee commissioners.
(1) Four of such public commissioners shall be appointed by the City Council with Mayor
presiding. One public commissioner shall be the Mayor or his or her designee and one
public commissioner shall be an employee of the Library elected by the employees thereof.
(2) The four trustee commissioners will be appointed on a self-perpetuating basis by the
trustee commissioners.
(3) The term of all voting commissioners other than the Mayor and library staff shall
be three years. The Mayor’s or his or her designee’s term shall coincide with the
Mayor’s term of office. The public commissioner elected from the Library staff shall
be elected for a one-year term.
(4) The initial terms of the commissioners shall be staggered. During the first week in
June 1991, two trustee commissioners shall be appointed by the present Trustees of
the Fletcher Free Library for a term of three years, one for a term of two years,
and one for a term of one year. Thereafter, all such appointments shall be for a term
of three years commencing the first day of July following their appointment and continuing
until their successors have been appointed and qualified.
(5) The four public commissioners appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding must
at all times be residents of the City. Neither the public commissioner elected by
the Library staff nor the trustee commissioners must reside in the City, but all trustee
commissioners must reside within Chittenden County.
(6) In addition, the Board of Library Commissioners may appoint not more than two additional
nonvoting advisory members of the Board to serve for terms that the Board shall deem
appropriate.
(7) A Chair of the Board of Library Commissioners and a Clerk of the Board shall be appointed
at the first meeting in July. The Clerk need not be a member of the Board. (Amended 2015, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 18, 2015.)