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Board of Trustees

Trustees | Library Board Minutes | Meeting Schedule

Governance
The Princeton Public Library is one of six joint public libraries in New Jersey established to serve two or more municipalities — in this case: Princeton Borough and Princeton Township. It is governed by an independent Board of Trustees as described in detail in the New Jersey Statutes Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 54 (Libraries and Reading Rooms).

Board Composition

The Board of Trustees consists of 9 members:

  1. Three members from Princeton Borough
  2. Three members from Princeton Township
  3. Three statutory members (or their alternates designated annually for one-year terms): the Mayor or Princeton Borough, the Mayor of Princeton Township and the Superintendent of the Princeton Regional Schools or his or her designee.

Under N.J. law, two of the three citizens appointed by each mayor must live in the same municipality.


Trustees

Katherine McGavern, President

Robert Ginsberg, Vice-President & Superintendent's Alternate Mark Gordon
Ira Fuchs, Treasurer Alison Lahnston
Phyllis Marchand, Township Mayor Ryan Lilienthal
Mildred Trotman, Borough Mayor

Meeting Schedule
All meetings are held in the Library's second floor meeting room on the third Tuesday of the month beginning at 5:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Public notice of all meetings is posted in the Princeton Packet. The Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees complies with the requirements of the State of New Jersey’s Open Public Meetings Act.


2008
January 22 (4th Tuesday) July 15
February 19 August 19
March 18 September 16
April 15 October 21
May 20 November 18
June 17 December 16
 
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