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Durham Public Library Board of Trustees

Agendas and Minutes:  

Listing files in 'Library Board of Trustees'

Meeting Schedule:  2011 Meeting Schedule
Authority:              

Town Charter, Section 6 -17 and additional appropriate statutes of the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut.

   
Powers and Duties:
 

The Board shall have the responsibility for  providing library services, library personnel, for setting hours of operation and for maintaining the buildings and grounds. The Board shall have the responsibility of acting as trustees of and administering the endowment funds established for the library 

Printed Regulations:

Town Charter, Section 6-17 and additional appropriate statutes of the General Statutes of the State of Connecticut and the Durham Library Board bylaws.

Appointing Authority:   

Annual Town Meeting

Term of Office:    Three years
Constitution of Board/Quorum:        

Nine members. Five members of the Board present in person constitutes a quorum.

History:  

In 1894, 38 years after the dissolution of the Durham Book Company, the present library was established by town vote.  At the biennial town election of the Town of Durham held on the first Monday of October 1937, it was decided that on that date and biennially thereafter, twelve library directors…would be elected and would qualify. (Durham, CT Century of Change)  

Current Board Members:

Jane Eriksen, Chairman, R, 2014

Ann Mueller, Treasurer, D, 2012

Rosemarie Naples, R, 2012

R. David Turley, R, 2012

Mary Ryan, Vice-Chairman 2013

Lynn Johnson, 2013

Robert Booz, 2013

Amy Bloom, D, 2014

Lynn Stanwood, Secretary R, 2014

 

Valerie Kilmartin, Librarian