Ayer voters would elect trustees to manage the town library

A nine-member board would manage the Ayer Library and choose its officers. Registered voters of Ayer would elect trustees to three-year terms, with three terms ending each year. The bill would take effect upon passage. Each trustee term would last three years, with three terms ending each year.

The remaining trustees and the Select Board would fill vacancies until an election. This applies when a seat on the Ayer Library board becomes vacant. The Select Board and remaining trustees would meet jointly after one week’s notice is posted on the town website, town bulletin board if there is one, and at the library. The temporary appointment would last until the next annual election or a special election called for that purpose.

The trustees would spend town money for the library and administer money or property received for it. This covers town money raised or appropriated for the library and money or property the town or library receives for it. The trustees would administer money or property received by the town or library through a gift, grant, or bequest according to its terms. The bill would take effect upon passage.

The bill would delete a $200,000 value limit from the library’s existing law. The deleted limit appears in a provision of the law governing the Ayer Library; the surrounding provision is not included here. The bill would take effect upon passage.