The immediate control and management of the public library shall
be vested in a board of trustees.
(Prior revision § 2-84)
The board of trustees of the Revere public library shall consist
of no less than five trustees and no more than nine trustees, who
shall be appointed by the Mayor and subject to confirmation by the
city council. Trustees shall serve for a term of three years beginning
on the first Monday in February succeeding their appointment. Any
vacancy occurring in the board of trustees shall be filled for the
remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as an original
appointment.
(Prior revision § 2-85; C.O. 01-81A § 1, 2001; C.O. 23-057, § IV.
1, 5/8/2023)
The board of trustees shall annually organize by the choice
of a chair and secretary from among their own body.
(Prior revision § 2-86; C.O. 23-057, § IV. 2, 5/8/2023)
The board of trustees of the public library shall have the general
care and superintendence of the library rooms so far as the same may
be used for and occupied by the public library, and shall have the
sole custody of the books, periodicals and papers, and management
of the library and the reading rooms connected therewith, with power
to appoint a director and assistants, and to make such rules and regulations
in relation to the use of the books, periodicals and papers, and of
the reading rooms, and fix and enforce such penalties for their violation,
as it may deem expedient. Such board may make such disposition of
old and unused papers and books as it may deem for the best interests
of the city.
(Prior revision § 2-87; C.O. 83-52 § 27; C.O. 23-057, § IV.
3, 5/8/2023)
Appropriations for the public library may be expended under
the direction of the board of trustees of the public library who shall
have full power to expend the same in the purchase of such books,
periodicals and papers, and maps and charts as they may judge best
calculated to promote the usefulness of the library, and in meeting
all such expenses as the convenient and profitable management of the
library may demand.
(Prior revision § 2-88; C.O. 23-057, § IV. 4, 5/8/2023)
