Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees regularly meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in the History Room.
Changes to this schedule are announced here and on flyers posted by the main entrances.
Scheduled Meetings for 2021
- September 25 at 9 am - joint meeting with members of the Budget Committee
- October 12
- November 9
- December 14
Please call the Library at 382-6011 if you have any questions concerning access to a meeting.
Trustees
| James Peck | Chair: trustees@plaistowlibrary.com |
| Megan Lee | Vice-Chair |
| Rosemarie Bayek | Treasurer |
| Jennifer Kiarsis | Secretary |
| Jane Query | Member-at-Large |
| Michelle Sykes | Alternate |
Minutes, 2018-21
| 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
| January 12 | January 14 | January 15 | January 9 |
| February 9 | February 18 | January 11 | |
| February 12 | February 13 | ||
| March 16 | March (no mtg) | March (no mtg) | March (no mtg) |
| April 13 | April 10 | April 9 | April 10 |
| May 11 | May 12 | May 14 | May 8 |
| May 15 | |||
| June 8 | June 9 | June 11 | June 12 |
| July 13 | July 14 | July 9 | July 10 |
| August 17 | August 18 | August 6 | August 7 |
| September 14 - DRAFT | September 15 | September 10 | August 21 |
| October 13 | September 17 | September 11 | |
| November 10 | October 15 | October 9 | |
| December 29 | November 12 | November 13 | |
| December 10 | December 11 |
Minutes, 2013-2017
https://plaistowlibrary.com/trusteedocuments.asp
Right-to-Know Requests
RSA 91-A:4-9
The Library complies with NH's Right-to-Know law (RSA 91-A). To submit a Right-to-Know request please review the relevant policy and submit your request using the form below:
Right-to-Know Policy
Right-to-Know Request Form
For any questions about the Library's policy, please contact the Chair of the Board of Trustees, Jim Peck.
Non-Public Sessions
RSA 91-A:3
1. No public body may enter nonpublic session, except pursuant to a motion properly made and seconded, by roll call.
2. Only the following matters shall be considered or acted upon in nonpublic session (RSA 91-A:3,II):
(a) The dismissal, promotion, or compensation of any public employee or the disciplining of such employee, or the investigation of any charges against him or her, unless the employee affected (1) has a right to a meeting and (2) requests that the meeting be open, in which case the request shall be granted.
(b) The hiring of any person as a public employee.
(c) Matters which, if discussed in public, would likely affect adversely the reputation of any person, other than a member of the public body itself, unless such person requests an open meeting. This exemption shall extend to any application for assistance or tax abatement or waiver of a fee, fine, or other levy, if based on inability to pay or poverty of the applicant.
(d) Consideration of the acquisition, sale, or lease of real or personal property which, if discussed in public, would likely benefit a party or parties whose interests are adverse to those of the general community.
(e) Consideration or negotiation of pending claims or litigation which has been threatened in writing or filed by or against the public body or any subdivision thereof, or by or against any member thereof because of his or her membership in such public body, until the claim or litigation has been fully adjudicated or otherwise settled.
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(j) Consideration of confidential, commercial, or financial information that is exempt from public disclosure under RSA 91-A:5, IV in an adjudicative proceeding pursuant to RSA 541 or RSA 541-A.
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(l) Consideration of legal advice provided by legal counsel, either in writing or orally, to one or more members of the public body, even where legal counsel is not present.
3. Minutes of meetings in nonpublic session shall be kept and shall record all actions in such a manner that the vote of each member is ascertained.
4. Minutes and decisions reached in nonpublic session shall be publicly disclosed within 72 hours of the meeting, unless, by recorded vote of 2/3 of the members present taken in public session, it is determined that divulgence of the information likely would affect adversely the reputation of any person other than a member of the public body itself, or render the proposed action ineffective, or pertain to terrorism, more specifically, to matters relating to the preparation for and the carrying out of all emergency functions, developed by local or state safety officials that are directly intended to thwart a deliberate act that is intended to result in widespread or severe damage to property or widespread injury or loss of life. This shall include training to carry out such functions. In the event of such circumstances, information may be withheld until, in the opinion of a majority of members, the aforesaid circumstances no longer apply.
5. The vote to seal the minutes can happen either during or after the nonpublic session, but the result should be noted in the regular minutes.
Remote Access to Meetings
91-A:2(III)
A public body may, but is not required to, allow one or more members of the body to participate in a meeting by electronic or other means of communication for the benefit of the public and the governing body, subject to the provisions of this paragraph.
(a) A member of the public body may participate in a meeting other than by attendance in person at the location of the meeting only when such attendance is not reasonably practical. Any reason that such attendance is not reasonably practical shall be stated in the minutes of the meeting.
(b) Except in an emergency, a quorum of the public body shall be physically present at the location specified in the meeting notice as the location of the meeting. For purposes of this subparagraph, an "emergency" means that immediate action is imperative and the physical presence of a quorum is not reasonably practical within the period of time requiring action. The determination that an emergency exists shall be made by the chairman or presiding officer of the public body, and the facts upon which that determination is based shall be included in the minutes of the meeting.
(c) Each part of a meeting required to be open to the public shall be audible or otherwise discernable to the public at the location specified in the meeting notice as the location of the meeting. Each member participating electronically or otherwise must be able to simultaneously hear each other and speak to each other during the meeting, and shall be audible or otherwise discernable to the public in attendance at the meeting's location. Any member participating in such fashion shall identify the persons present in the location from which the member is participating. No meeting shall be conducted by electronic mail or any other form of communication that does not permit the public to hear, read, or otherwise discern meeting discussion contemporaneously at the meeting location specified in the meeting notice.
(d) Any meeting held pursuant to the terms of this paragraph shall comply with all of the requirements of this chapter relating to public meetings, and shall not circumvent the spirit and purpose of this chapter as expressed in RSA 91-A:1.
(e) A member participating in a meeting by the means described in this paragraph is deemed to be present at the meeting for purposes of voting. All votes taken during such a meeting shall be by roll call vote.