The Hillside Public Library is governed by an elected, unpaid, seven-member Board of Trustees.
CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS
Name & Office | Term Ends |
Maureen Sypkens, President | 2025 |
Shirley Wachowski, Vice-President | 2027 |
Bill Spain, Treasurer | 2027 |
Donna Kassar, Secretary | 2029 |
Sandra Barge, Trustee | 2029 |
Geneva Allen, Trustee | 2027 |
Yolanda Bindert, Trustee | 2025 |
BOARD COMMITTEES
Standing Committee on Finance |
Standing Committee on Facilities |
Special Committee on Personnel |
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees of the Hillside Public Library that the Library Board of Trustees shall conduct its regular meetings at the Library or via Zoom at 7:00 PM on the following dates in Calendar Year 2024:
January 17, 2024 | July 17, 2024 |
February 21, 2024 | August 21, 2024 |
March 20, 2024 | September 18, 2024 |
April 17, 2024 | October 16, 2024 |
May 15, 2024 | November 20, 2024 |
June 26, 2024 |
*Please note, the regular meeting date in June falls on Juneteenth, a public holiday. The Hillside Public Library Board of Trustees will meet instead on Wednesday, June 26.
All meetings of the Board of Trustees are open to members of the public who wish to observe. Non-board members who wish to address the Board should present a written request for a place on the agenda not later than 24 hours before the time established for the meeting. Requests from non-Board members to be placed on the agenda must pertain to item(s) on the posted agenda for the meeting. The agenda is posted on the wall in the library entrance hall on the Monday preceding the Board Meeting. Written requests may be directed to the President or the Secretary of the Library Board, or to the Library Director. Discussion on agenda items by non-Board members shall be limited to ten minutes. The Introduction of Visitors and the Questions and Answers portion of the meeting will allow up to ten minutes total time for brief questions from the public
The Board may be contacted at libraryboard@hillsidelibrary.
Request to Address the Library Board Form