Board of Trustees

Members of the Board of Trustees may be contacted through the Library at:

102 North Main Street 
Middleborough, MA 02346 
508-946-2470 
508-946-2473 (fax) 
midlib@sailsinc.org

 The following Massachusetts General Laws apply to the Board and all actions that they may take:

• MGL ch 78, sec 10 – dealing with how the town selects trustees, elections and makeup of the board.
• MGL ch 78, sec 11 – dealing with the powers and duties of a trustee.
• MGL ch 78, sec 12 – requiring Trustees to make an annual report to the Town on receipts and expenditures of the library.
• MGL ch 78, sec 13 – dealing with  the non-applicability of the previous sections to library associations and libraries organized under special aid.
• MGL ch 78, sec 33 – requiring the trustees to adopt a written policy for the selection of library materials.
• MGL ch 78, sec 34 – requiring the Trustees to be responsible for preparing a written employment contract for the Librarian, detailing the basic conditions for employment.
• MGL ch 41, sec 109 – dealing with the resignation of town officers and residential requirements for holding office.
• MGL ch 41, sec 11 – outlining the requirements a town must take to fill such a vacancy.
• MGL ch 30A, sec 18-25 – explaining open meeting law, executive session and requirements of record keeping.
• MGL ch 30A, sec 20 – allowing for a presiding officer in an open meeting to remove unruly persons.