B&ECPL Governance
Library operations within the City of Buffalo, including the Central Library, are governed by the Board of Trustees of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (B&ECPL). The B&ECPL Board also oversees System-wide issues, including the total amounts of funding allocated to each service area. The relationship between the B&ECPL Board and the other service area Boards of Trustees is contractual, taking the form of an annual contract between the B&ECPL Board and the other 22 individual "contract library" Boards of Trustees.
Once the B&ECPL Board determines the total allocation to each contracting library, it is their Board of Trustees that determines how to operate that facility with the amount of funds provided.
Each library service area is governed by a Library Board of Trustees as follows:
|
Chartered Service Area |
Facility Owner / Trustee Appointing Authority |
#Libraries |
|---|---|---|
|
Alden (Ewell Free Library) |
Free Association / Membership |
1 |
|
Amherst |
Town / Town Board |
4 |
|
Angola |
Village / Village Board |
1 |
|
Aurora |
Town / Town Board |
1 |
|
Boston |
Free Association / Membership |
1 |
|
Buffalo |
City (branches)-County (Central Library) / County Legislature (8 of 15 City residents, 5 recommended by Mayor, balance recommended by County Executive) |
9 |
|
Cheektowaga |
Town/Town Board |
2 |
|
Clarence |
Town/Town Board |
1 |
|
Collins |
Town/Town Board |
1 |
|
Concord |
Town/Town Board |
1 |
|
Eden |
Town/Town Board |
1 |
|
Elma |
Town/Town Board |
1 |
|
Grand Island |
Town/Town Board |
1 |
|
Hamburg |
Town/Town Board |
2 |
|
Lackawanna |
Town/Town Board |
1 |
|
Lancaster |
Town/Directly Elected |
1 |
|
Marilla |
Free Association/Membership |
1 |
|
Newstead |
Town/Town Board |
1 |
|
North Collins |
Town/Town Board |
1 |
|
Orchard Park |
Town/Town Board |
1 |
|
Tonawanda-City |
City/City Council |
1 |
|
Tonawanda-Town |
Town/Town Board |
2 |
|
West Seneca |
Town/Town Board |
1 |
|
|
TOTAL |
37 |