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Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 9:15 am
BY JIMMY LAWTON
North Country This Week
OGDENSBURG – A debate over Ogdensburg Public Library Board of Trustees appointments got heated Monday after the mayor took no action on the matter despite requests from the public.
Several members of the public called on Mayor Jeffrey M. Skelly to appoint candidates recommended by the Ogdensburg Library Board of Trustees to fill three seats on their board.
“The appointments to the library board are absolutely the mayor’s and confirmed by the city council,” City Manager Stephen Jellie told board members. “That is the law sent to me by Michelle McLagan, their board president.”
Monday, April 12, 2021 - 3:03 pm
BY JIMMY LAWTON
North Country This Week
OGDENSBURG – The Ogdensburg Public Library Board of Trustees has concluded that City Councilor Steven Fisher violated the library’s sexual harassment policy in a March 15 Facebook post.
In the post, Fisher said Library Director Penny Kerfien has “gotten a little bitchy.” He also said he hoped the library’s proposition to increase funding from taxpayers by $225,000 to $350,000 would be voted down in May.
Although Fisher apologized and said the message had been intended to be private, it was posted on the Friends of the Ogdensburg Public Library Facebook page.
Monday, March 15, 2021 - 5:48 pm
BY JIMMY LAWTON
North Country This Week
OGDENSBURG The Ogdensburg Public Library Board of trustees submitted a letter to City Council Monday requesting support for a public referendum that would provide $225,000 in additional taxes to help fund the library.
The city has been defunding the library in recent years as it works to balance its books and plans to completely end all funding to the library next year.
The move has pushed the library to collect its own taxes through a public referendum attached to the Ogdensburg School District Budget. Although the two are voted on separately, the referendum includes the entire Ogdensburg school district and will be held at the same time as the school budget vote.
Thursday, December 24, 2020 - 6:09 am
OGDENSBURG The Ogdensburg Public Library Board of Trustees is recruiting.
The Ogdensburg Public Library is an independent corporate entity chartered by the NYS Board of Regents, and operates under State Education and the Division of Library Development. Libraries are ever evolving and used more than ever. They are information portals, educational institutions, modern day community centers, and an integral part of successful and vibrant communities.
“Being a library trustee carries much responsibility and decision-making in the overall well-being of the library and its service to the Ogdensburg community,” a press release from the library said. “Trustees are responsible for short- and long-term strategic planning, sustainable funding, adherence to library laws and best practices, and supervision of the library s executive director. The library board meets a minimum of ten times a year, and each trustee is assigned