Below is the video from the most recent meeting: first half and second half. There’s a LOT going on with the Pawlet Library Board these days so let’s see if I can sum it all up:

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• Library Board member and Treasurer Kathryn Lawrence submitted her resignation to Board Chair Harley Cudney on July 6th.

• At the most recent Special Meeting on July 16th Library Board member Lauren Herbert argued that the Vermont Statute 22, section 143 requires the board to consist of five members before major decisions can be made. (Due to the recent resignation the board currently has only four members.)

• Nevertheless, after heated discussion, the Library Board voted 3 to 1 to go ahead and offer the position of library director to one of the applicants.

• Cori Rail has been proposed by Herbert as a candidate to fill Lawrence’s position on the board and as Treaurer. The ultimate decision as to filling the spot is made at the discretion of the Pawlet Select Board. Rail is a longtime member of the Mettawee School Board.

• The Library’s Annual Book Sale is this weekend at the Mettawee Community School, Saturday 9-3 and Sunday 10-2.

• THE NEXT SPECIAL MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, JULY 23. Here is the agenda:

For more info on the July 16 meeting, you can read the Manchester Journal article here.