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[This question is a quasi-fictional mash-up of some questions we got from some town libraries and a cooperative library system.]
We are a town public library, so our town board appoints our trustees. We know New York's Public Officers Law Section 3 requires that the appointed trustees be residents of the town, but recently, our town attorney said our town adopted a local law to exempt appointments from the Public Officers Law's residency requirements. Can a town do that? And if so, can that be a way to address a shortage of trustees who reside within the Town limits?