VOTE411 Voter Guide

Twelve Brookline residents are elected to 3-year staggered terms as Library Trustees to oversee services and programs provided at the three Brookline public libraries. Each year after the May election, the Trustees elect 4 officers from their membership: Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer. The Trustees represent the interests of the Brookline electorate in matters concerning library policy; they oversee the hiring and function of the head librarian and investing and spending a specific portion of the library's trust funds (gifts and bequests made to the library over the years either for specific purposes or to an "unrestricted" fund). Other activities include planning library events like Brookline Reads, authors' groups and lectures and exhibits; looking at long range planning for library services; having input on physical plant maintenance issues; reviewing and improving library policies; representing library patrons' interests to the Select Board, the Advisory Committee and Town Meeting as needed; and other activities that arise from patrons' input, trustees' concerns or staff concerns.Meetings of the whole Board of Trustees are held one evening a month in the Trustees Room of the Brookline Village Library. Sub-committee meetings are held as needed (these include committees on public relations, fiscal matters, library services, buildings, etc.). (No salary; no health insurance.)‘*’ following a candidate name indicates an Incumbent.For Incumbent Town Meeting Candidates, Attendance Record for the last three years is shown.(NPE) is the party for all candidates. The Brookline Municipal Election is a Non-Partisan Election.