(A) Pursuant to Charter § 3.02 there is established a Library Department.
(B) Department head. The department head shall be the Library Director who shall be appointed as provided by a contract dated September 6, 1854 between the city and the Manchester Athenaeum.
(C) Composition. The Library Department shall also include a Board of Library Trustees consisting of nine members who shall be appointed as provided by the September 6, 1854 contract between the city and the Manchester Athenaeum, and the Trustees shall have those duties and responsibilities as are assigned by the contract, charter and state law.
(D) Duties. The Library Department shall be responsible for the care, maintenance and operation of the Manchester City Library and branch public libraries and its associated educational programs and activities and shall also perform such other duties as are prescribed by federal, state and local law.
(Ord. passed 11-4-98)