Powers and Duties - The board of trustees shall act as an agent of
the public trust governing the library. The library shall create the
general operating and administrative policies relating to budget,
personnel and contracts as is specified by state law and local ordinances.
All funds raised or appropriated by the town for the support and maintenance
of the library shall be expended under the direction of the board.
All funds that the town may receive by gift, bequest or otherwise
for library purposes shall be administered under the direction of
the board in accordance with the terms of such gift, bequest or otherwise.
The board shall hire and manage the library director. The responsibilities
and governance of the board shall cover the following specific areas:
(i) legal; (ii) policy making; (iii) financial governance; and (iv)
strategic planning.
The board shall, in all matters of general municipal policy
and procedure, be subject to policy directives designed to achieve
uniformity and better administrative control as may from time to time
be established by the town manager.
The library director shall exercise professional judgment under
the direction and review of the board to implement the strategic objectives
and policies set by the board. The library director shall be responsible
for the day-to-day administration of the library, including management
of personnel, collection development, budget, physical plant and programmatic
functions, subject to policy directives established by the board.
The library director shall work in conjunction with the board on strategic
planning and library policies. The library director shall prepare
an annual budget for approval by the board. The library director shall
hire library employees, fix their salaries, define their duties, make
rules concerning their tenure of office and discharge them in accordance
with and within the limits established by the town personnel by-laws,
policies, procedures and practices and any applicable collective bargaining
agreement, in accordance with municipal policies.
The board shall make all reasonable rules and regulations for
the operation and management of the library system and for the conduct
of its own business and affairs as may be deemed necessary.
The board shall have all of the other powers and duties that
are given to library trustees by general law, this charter, by-law
or other vote of the town meeting.