A free public library is hereby established in the Town the
use of which shall be free to all the inhabitants thereof as provided
for in an act of the legislature signed and approved June 1, 1893.
[Added 4-25-1972]
The Library Commission shall have the following powers and duties:
A. To establish policies for the operation and use of the library.
B. To employ a chief librarian who shall act as advisor to the Library
Commission on policies and shall serve as its chief executive in the
administration of such policies, in employment and supervision of
staff, and in the provision of library service to the public.
C. To review, revise, approve or adopt a budget as submitted by the
chief librarian.
D. To present such budget with appropriate statements and presentations
of need to the Board of Finance.
E. To expend for library purposes monies appropriated, credited or accruing
to the library under its jurisdiction and, in the exercise of such
power, to transfer funds between line items in the appropriated budget,
and generally to do all things it deems necessary for the establishment,
maintenance and improvement of the library under its jurisdiction.
F. To establish and maintain a main library, branches, library stations,
and traveling library service as needed within the Town of Suffield.
G. To authorize the appointment and compensation of all employees of
the library and approve job descriptions and recommend pay classifications
of library employees included in a civil service system.
H. To accept any bequest, gift, or endowment upon the conditions connected
with the same, provided such conditions shall not remove any portion
of the library from the control of the Commission or its successors
or in any manner limit the free use of the library, or, in the opinion
of the Commission, fail to further the purposes of the library.
I. To report annually, in writing, to the Board of Selectmen, which
report shall be published in the annual report of the Town of Suffield,
and copies of which report shall be placed on file in the state library.