Applications are now being accepted for a vacancy on the five-member Board of Trustees for the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library. Applicants must be a city resident and a registered voter. The applicants are interviewed and appointed for a three-year term by the Monterey Park City Council at a special council meeting. The appointee does not receive any compensation and can be reappointed for another consecutive three-year term by the city council when his or her term expires.

Under Municipal Code 2.80.050, the five-member library board makes and enforces all rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration, government and protection of the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library.

The board meets the third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the Friends Room of the library. Meetings are usually about two hours in length. Special meetings may be scheduled as needed.

Applications are available at the city hall City Clerk’s Office, 320 W. Newmark Avenue, Monterey Park or on the boards & commissions page of the city website at http://www.montereypark.ca.gov/636/Boards-Commissions. Deadline to submit an application is August 31, 2015.

The Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library is the city’s public library located at 318 South Ramona Avenue, Monterey Park, CA 91754. Library hours are: Sunday 1-5 p.m.; Monday & Tuesday 12-9 p.m.; Wednesday & Thursday 10 a.m.-6: p.m.; Friday 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; and closed on Saturday. For more City of Monterey Park news and information, please visit the city website at www.MontereyPark.ca.gov.