Applications are now being accepted for a vacancy on the five-member Board of Trustees for the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library. Under Municipal Code 2.80.050, the five-member library board enforces all rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration, government and protection of the Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library. The deadline to apply is March 25, 2024.

The board meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. in the Friends Room of the Library. Meetings are about one hour long. Special meetings may be scheduled as needed.

Trustees are appointed for a three-year term and applicants must be a City of Monterey Park resident. Applicants are interviewed and appointed by the Monterey Park City Council. A Trustee does not receive any compensation and can be reappointed for another consecutive three-year term by the City Council when their first term expires.

Applications are available at www.montereypark.ca.gov/boards. For questions about the application, please email or call the City Clerk’s Office at 626-307-1359. For questions about the duties of Library Board of Trustees members, please contact City Librarian Kristin Olivarez at 626-307-1412 or kolivarez@montereypark.ca.gov.

The Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library is the city’s public library located at 318 South Ramona Avenue, Monterey Park, CA 91754. For more information, please visit www.montereypark.ca.gov/library and follow on Instagram and Facebook at @MontereyParkLib.