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Subchapter
005
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BOARD OF LISTERS AND REAL ESTATE APPRAISER; BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 153, § 503)
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§ 503. Board of Library Trustees
(a) The Board of Library Trustees shall consist of seven members appointed by the Selectboard
to staggered three-year terms. The library trustees shall be responsible for setting
general policies concerning library operations, including programs and collections,
consistent with the provisions of this charter. The Library Director shall be responsible
for ensuring that library policy adopted by the library trustees is effectively implemented.
(b) Library personnel are Town employees subject to the personnel policies and labor agreements
duly adopted by the Selectboard. The Town Manager shall have the authority to hire,
appoint, fix the salary of, discipline, suspend, and remove the Library Director and
all employees pursuant to the provisions of this charter and personnel rules adopted
pursuant to this charter.
(c) On the hiring of the Library Director, the Town Manager shall seek the advice of the
library trustees. The library trustees shall have at least two trustees on the search
committee to review resumes and interview candidates. The Town Manager shall give
seven days’ notice to the library trustees of his or her intent to hire the Library
Director prior to extending a job offer.
(d) Trust funds and other donations to benefit the Library shall be under the exclusive
control and direction of the library trustees subject to the terms of the document
creating the trust or evidencing the gift. The Town Treasurer shall maintain separate
accounts for these funds and shall write checks from those accounts as directed by
the library trustees. Town appropriations and all other taxpayer-sourced library funds
shall be subject to and handled in accord with financial policies and controls duly
adopted by the Selectboard.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in this section, to the extent of any conflict between
the provisions of this charter and the provisions of Vermont statutes pertaining to
municipal libraries, the provisions of this charter shall control. (Added 2009, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. May 5, 2010; amended 2013, No. M-4, § 2, eff. May 8, 2013.)