[Amended by referendum 11-5-1996; amended by
referendum 11-4-2003; amended by referendum 11-4-2008; amended by referendum11-8-2022]
The Library Board shall consist of nine (9)
voting members appointed by the Board of Directors. The Library Board
shall elect from its membership a Chair and such other officers as
it shall deem necessary and may from time to time adopt regulations
for its own government. Upon adoption of this section, the terms of
the current Library Board shall be terminated, and the Board of Directors
shall appoint three (3) electors of the Town for a term of one (1)
year, two (2) electors for a term of two (2) years and two (2) electors
of the Town for a term of three (3) years. Thereafter each voting
member shall be appointed to a three-year term. Terms of office for
current and subsequent members of the Library Board shall expire in
the month of November.
[Amended by referendum 11-5-1996; amended by
referendum 11-4-2003]
The Library Board shall from time to time confer
with the Library Director with respect to: the use of the Town's public
library facilities; the Library Director's annual proposed budget
for Library Services; the selection and acquisition of materials;
the development, implementation, and alteration of programs; and capital
planning. The ultimate authority with respect to the acquisition and
selection of library materials and the composition of collections
shall reside with the Library Board. Any person desiring to make a
gift for the benefit of any public library in Town may vest the title
to such donation in the Town of Manchester to be held and controlled
according to the terms of the gift, and the Library Board shall be
trustees of the gift.
[Amended by referendum 11-4-2003; amended by
referendum11-8-2022]
The Town Manager shall have the care, management,
and control of all public libraries in Town and shall provide regulations
for their use. The Town Manager shall have overall responsibility
for library operations and may equip and maintain land and buildings
for library purposes within the appropriations made by the Board of
Directors. The Town Manager may appoint a Library Director who, with
the approval of the Town Manager, may appoint such employees as he
may deem necessary within the appropriations made by the Board of
Directors.
