Goodnow Library Trustees

Government · Goodnow Library Trustees

Goodnow trustees postpone photography policy, set FY25 budget priorities

Goodnow Library trustees set FY25 advocacy around a bookmobile, EV chargers, staffing and salaries.

Townbrief reporting · Oct 3

Government · Goodnow Library Trustees

Goodnow trustees open FY25 budget planning, target automation shortfall

Goodnow Library Trustees begin FY25 budget push as automation costs outrun town allocation.

Townbrief reporting · Sep 5

Government · Goodnow Library Trustees

Goodnow trustees defend April plaque vote, set new agenda-clarity practice

Goodnow trustees defend $26,000 plaque vote and confront indefinite elevator shutdown.

Townbrief reporting · Jun 6

Government · Goodnow Library Trustees

Goodnow Trustees elect Fontes chair, accept stricter July 4 closure rule

Goodnow Library Trustees elect new chair and move to scale back July 4 closures.

Townbrief reporting · May 15

Government · Goodnow Library Trustees

Goodnow trustees approve plaque for donor whose $25,000 never reached library

Goodnow trustees approve plaque for a donor whose $25,000 gift never reached the library.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 4

Government · Goodnow Library Trustees

Goodnow trustees adopt three-minute public comment rule

Goodnow Library Trustees adopt public comment policy and back Indigenous history grant.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 7

Government · Goodnow Library Trustees

Goodnow trustees pledge public-comment policy after staff push back on Friends dispute

Goodnow Library staff publicly rebuke trustees over collective "staff" label in Friends dispute.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 7

Government · Goodnow Library Trustees

Goodnow trustees ask Friends for written, specific proposal to renew ties

Goodnow Library Trustees ask Friends group for a concrete, written proposal before reopening severed ties. After a December presentation from the Friends of the Goodnow Library, trustees voted Monday to request a written list of specific ways the Friends want to support the library.

Townbrief reporting · Jan 23

Government · Goodnow Library Trustees

Goodnow trustees approve $31,328 budget increase, two staffing upgrades

Goodnow Library Trustees back 5.6 percent budget hike and hear Friends bid to return.

Townbrief reporting · Dec 6

Government · Goodnow Library Trustees

Goodnow trustees back third try to regrade teen librarian position

Goodnow Library Trustees agree to lobby town officials directly over teen librarian pay.

Townbrief reporting · Nov 1