[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of
the City of Fitchburg as §§ 11-1 through 11-5 of the
1965 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Public Library vacation schedule — See Ch. 35.
The Public Library shall be under the supervision
of a Board of 12 Trustees.
Four members of the Board of Library Trustees
shall be appointed each year in January by the Mayor, subject to confirmation
by the Council, for a term of three years next ensuing.
[Amended 9-2-1969 by Ord. No. 476-69; 4-6-1976 by Ord. No. 126-76; 6-3-2014 by Ord. No. 100-2014]
The Board of Trustees for the Public Library
shall, in September of each year, organize itself as a board and choose
a Chair, Secretary and Treasurer from its own number. Five members
of said Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
The Board of Trustees for the Public Library
shall appoint a Librarian and such subordinate officers as it may
deem necessary and fix their compensation.
The Board of Trustees for the Public Library
shall have the care and supervision, custody and management of the
Free Public Library building and books and of all property of the
City relating thereto, with full power to make needful regulations
therefor, and the expenditure of all money raised or appropriated
for its support and maintenance or to be expended therefor in accordance
with the provisions of any gift or bequest.
