Board Meeting Minutes April 2026

Board Meeting Minutes: April 15, 2026

DRAFT

Attendance

  • FLLS Trustees Present: Toombs, Thomas, Berggren-Thomas, Mannino, Maroney, Dames, Furi, Schaffer, Knapp, Meyers.
  • Absent: None.
  • FLLS Staff Present: Executive Director Sarah Glogowski, Administrative Assistant Diana Leigh, Business Manager Carlos Perez.
  • Public: None.

Presiding

President Berggren-Thomas called the meeting to order at 3:07 PM.

  • (Document 26.24)     Agenda: No conflicts of interest were reported by any Trustees present.
  • (Document 26.25)     The minutes from the March 18, 2026 meeting were accepted. Motion by Meyers, 2nd by Toombs. Carried unanimously.
  • (Document 26.26)     The Director’s Report was discussed.

New Business

  • (Document 26.27)   Central Library Designation. President Berggren-Thomas called upon each Trustee to speak their thoughts about the matter. Appreciation goes to both Cortland and Auburn for their willingness to consider taking on the responsibility. A motion was made to have Tompkins County Public Library remain the Central Library. Motion by Mannino, 2nd by Meyers. 8 voted yea, 2 voted nay (Furi, Schaffer). Motion carries.
  • Sarah gave an update on member libraries.

Finance Committee

  • (Document 26.28) The March 2026 Business Manager’s Report was unanimously accepted. Motion by Mannino, 2nd by Knapp.
  • (Document 26.29) The March 2026 Treasurers’ Report was unanimously accepted. Motion by Thomas, 2nd by Knapp.

Executive Session

President Berggren-Thomas called for an Executive Session on behalf of the Personnel Committee at 4:14 pm. Motion by Mannino, 2nd by Dames. The purpose was to discuss the medical, financial, credit or employment history of a particular person or persons, or matters leading to the appointment, employment, promotion, demotion, discipline, suspension, dismissal or removal of a particular person or persons. The session ended at 4:46 pm. Motion by Knapp, 2nd by Furi.

Two motions were made:

  1. Motion to pay Wayne Stephenson a severance package to include regular hours, comp hours, and vacation hours.  Motion by Toombs, 2nd by Mannino. Carried unanimously.
  2. Motion to increase Eric Franks’ salary by 10%, effective immediately; in addition, to give him a one-time bonus of $10,000.  Motion by Toombs, 2nd by Maroney. Carried unanimously.

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 4:48 pm.

Next Meeting:  The next public meeting will be on May 20, 2026, at 3:00 pm.

Submitted by: Diana Leigh, Administrative Assistant

A signed copy of these minutes can be found in the Secretary’s Notebook at: FLLS, 1300 Dryden Road, Ithaca, NY 14850.