Board of Trustees

We are beginning our long-range planning process and are asking patrons to fill out a community survey to assess what the community wants to see in the library now and in the future.

[NOTE: We didn't get this as a submission to "Ask the Lawyer", but we wish we had...]

Our Board of Trustees is searching for a new director. Our Library has transitioned from a very small building to a modern, significantly larger building.

I am the Board Secretary.

"Ask the Lawyer" got two questions about the April 9, 2022 changes to the Open Meetings Law ("OML"), which will enable library boards to more easily meet via videoconferencing. 

I just read your excellent answer about posting documents per the OML changes in advance of meetings.

I think you are right on target.

With recent updates to the OML in New York state, there is now a requirement both to stream and to make recordings of sessions available via website as described in 103(f).

I am a Trustee on the Board of our library. I also serve as the Secretary to the Board. As such, I do the note-taking and draft the meeting minutes for every board meeting.

[My library's] community is calling for a member of the staff to have a seat on the board as a voting member.

Often times, our meeting agenda changes so we would like to add a disclosure at the bottom that reads “Agenda is subject to change.”