General Information about
The Farmington Community Library's Board of Trustees

Under the State District Library Establishment Act [Public Act 24 of 1989], the Farmington Community Library Board of Trustees is a taxing authority with governance responsibilities for all aspects of library operation. The Board is composed of eight [8] Trustees, with four [4] each appointed from the cities of Farmington and Farmington Hills. The Board is empowered:

• to establish, maintain and operate a public library for the district;
  
  
• to appoint and remove a librarian and necessary assistants and to fix their compensation;
  
  
• to supervise and control library property;
  
  
• to adopt bylaws and regulations;to establish a district library fund, over which it shall have exclusive control;and to do any other thing necessary to conduct district library service.