§ 2.7.

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§ 2.7. Board of Library Trustees

(a)The library of the Town of Brattleboro, the Brooks Memorial Library, is incorporated under 22 V.S.A. chapter 3. It is also a Town department.

(b)The Board of Library Trustees is a body of nine persons serving three-year terms. Three trustees shall be elected each year by the Representative Town Meeting from among persons nominated by the Selectboard and the Board of Library Trustees and from the floor of the annual Representative Town Meeting.

(c)The Board of Library Trustees shall establish the operating procedures and policies of the Brooks Memorial Library and its branches, approve the library budget request to be forwarded to the Selectboard, and employ a Library Director who shall be responsible for executing the same through a library staff.

(d)Vacancies on the Board of Library Trustees shall be filled by the Selectboard upon recommendation of the library trustees until the next annual Representative Town Meeting, at which time a trustee shall be elected to serve for the remainder of the vacated term. (Amended 2003, No. M-6, § 2; 2011, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 27, 2012.)