My town has an elected position called the "board of library trustees" which has just a few powers, including notably the ability to hire a new library director

My town has an elected position called the "board of library trustees" which has just a few powers, including notably the ability to hire a new library director. There are usually vacancies and poorly-contested elections for the position, even this year when the director resigned and the town had to search for then hire a new one. The job has a fair amount of influence on a critically important part of civic infrastructure, but people don't seem to be stepping up to do it. Every time there's a vacancy I took at the state handbook that describes what your job should be if you're one of these trustees and I decide I am not confident I could do those tasks as well as the job deserves: https://mblc.state.ma.us/for/2012-Handbook.pdf https://mblc.state.ma.us/for/2012-Handbook.pdf . It's a LOT!