Tisbury’s select board last week approved a ballot measure asking voters to override borrowing limits imposed by the state’s Proposition 2 1/2, in order to repair and renovate the Vineyard Haven Library.

Just how much borrowing will be needed is still being determined, library director Amy Ryan told the board at its Sept. 24 meeting.

Project manager Michael Owen of CHA, the firm engaged to oversee the library work, said he expects an estimated project total this October and confirmed numbers by December.

“There will be hard bids in hand for your consideration,” Mr. Owen told the select board.

Built in 1967 and last renovated in 1999-2000, the library is due for redesigns, replacements and updates throughout the building, including heating, cooling and ventilation, electrical and plumbing systems, windows and ceilings.

Floor coverings and interior paint were last renewed nearly 25 years ago and the bathrooms are not up to code, according to an outline on the library website.

A new meeting room with storage is also part of the renovation project, designed by Maryann Thompson Architects of Watertown.

Voters likely will decide the question in December, when town officials intend to hold a special town meeting and election on a date to be determined in the coming weeks.

If the ballot measure passes, work on the library will begin next spring, according to the project outline.

On Oct. 16, Ms. Ryan said, the architect and landscape designer will present their final designs at the library trustees’ regular meeting, which is open to the public.

At December’s special town meeting, voters also can expect to decide on a new bylaw that spells out the duties and responsibilities of the Tisbury town executive, which previously have been delegated by the select board.

Current town administrator Jay Grande is stepping down at the end of his contract early next year.

Tisbury is among a minority of Massachusetts towns that do not have a bylaw detailing the town executive’s job description, said resident Rick Homans, who chaired a volunteer task force that developed the bylaw language.

Working with municipal consultant Bernard Lynch of Plymouth-based Community Paradigm consultants,  a town administrator search committee also developed a timeline for hiring the town’s next administrator.

Mr. Lynch has already made some informal overtures to potential candidates and the search will ramp up this month with the goal of filling the position before the end of this year.

In mid-November, the committee plans to screen the candidate pool and select finalists for in-person interviews the following week.

On Dec. 10, according to plan, the committee will present its final selections to the select board, which will conduct interviews over the following seven days before making an offer Dec. 18.

Among other business, the select board approved puppeteer Bella’s annual request to hold a Halloween parade on Main street from 4 p.m to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 31, and issued a permit for Amelia Hambrecht to move the Caleb Prouty House from Cromwell Lane to her property on Lagoon Pond Road.

The permit is good for the next six months and the relocation, coordinated with the town police and public works departments, will be performed by Hayden Building Movers of Cotuit, who have relocated other Island structures in the past.

Tisbury health agent Drew Belsky asked town officials and Ms. Hambrecht to keep in mind that there may be two disused cesspools in front of the historic building.

“Those also need to be addressed, just out of concern for them collapsing due to age and lack of use,” Mr. Belsky said.