Applications are now being accepted for one vacancy on the five-member Board of Trustees for the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library. The vacancy is for a three-year term. Applicants must be a city resident. The deadline to submit an application is May 31, 2018.

The applicants are interviewed and appointed by the Monterey Park City Council at a 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 first 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 p.m. in the Friends Room of the library. Meetings are usually about two hours in length. Special meetings may be scheduled as needed.

Board applications are available at the city hall city clerk’s office at 320 W. Newmark Avenue, Monterey Park, CA 91754 or via download from the city website at http://www.montereypark.ca.gov/636/Boards-Commissions.

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 and Saturday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. For more City of Monterey Park news and information, please visit the city website at www.montereypark.ca.gov.