ROCKINGHAM FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29TH, 2013
9:00 a.m.
LOCATION: Town Hall, 3rd floor meeting room; Bellows Falls, VT
In Attendance: Jan Mitchell-Love, Hope Brissette, Ray Massucco, David Buckley, Deb Wright, Paige Pietrzak, Pat Fowler, Carolyn Frisa, Laura Senes and Célina Houlné.
Public attendees: Dutch Walsh
1. Call to order 9:09 AM
2. Public Comment: None
3. Executive session – personnel: Laura Senes makes a motion to enter executive session for the purpose of discussing personnel issues. This motion, seconded by Hope Brissette, passes with 7 in favor, 2 opposed. Enter executive session 9:15 AM. Leave executive session 11:03 with no action taken.
Hope Brissette makes a motion to approve the director’s evaluation as written, seconded by Deb Wright. Ray Massucco makes a friendly amendment to alter the motion to provide the director with a copy of the evaluation and allow her time to read and respond to the board in writing or orally in 15 calendar days. This friendly amendment accepted by Hope Brissette. Motion passes with 8 votes in favor. Deb Wright makes a motion to recess the meeting until September 18 at 9:00 AM in order to allow the director time to read and respond to the evaluation. This motion, seconded by Hope Brissette, passes unanimously. Meeting recessed at 11:10 10:10 to resume on September 18, 9:00AM, location to be announced.
Resume meeting September 18, 2013 at Town Hall, 3rd floor meeting room
In attendance: Jan Mitchell-Love, Hope Brissette, Ray Massucco, Deb Wright, Paige Pietrzak, Pat Fowler, Carolyn Frisa, Laura Senes and Célina Houlné.
Public in attendance: Jacqueline Hewitt, Bob Hewitt, Barbara Stickney, Joel Love, Anne Parkman Debbi Wetzel, Adam Wetzel, Susan Lampe-Wilson, Richard K. Bowen, Esq., Alma Beals, Deirdre Fuchs, Betty Haggerty, Sam Maskell, Steve Geller, Andrew Smith, Lynne Lewandowski, Kathleen Michel, Donna Stiles, Helen P. Carroll, Wendy O’Connell, Deborah Bump, Diane Brown, Joe Brissette.
Call to order at 9:05 AM. Deb Wright made a motion to enter executive session for the purpose of discussing personnel issues. This motion seconded by Hope Brissette, passed with 5 in favor, 3 opposed. Enter executive session 9:08 AM. Exit executive session at 9:56 AM. Deborah Wright made a motion that the Trustees of the Rockingham Free Public Library vote to approve the library director’s 2013 evaluation and terminate Celina J Houlne, Library Director, in accordance with Section 14, Subsection F-5, of the Rockingham Free Public Library’s Personnel Policy and Procedures Manual, Adopted June 19, 2008, such termination to be effective immediately. This motion seconded by Hope Brissette passed with 5 in favor, 3 opposed. Deborah Wright made a motion to make Emily Zervas acting interim director of the RFPL. This motion, seconded by Hope Brissette passed with 5 in favor, 3 opposed.
4. Motion to adjourn made by Deborah Wright and was seconded by Hope Brissette, passed unanimously at 9:58 AM.
These minutes respectfully submitted by Laura Senes on September 23, 2013.