10/8/2025 a heated Leach Library Board of Trustees meeting focused primarily on personnel policy changes and a crucial unsubmitted budget. Staff members voiced a unanimous vote of no confidence in the board, citing a lack of collaboration, transparency, and communication, particularly regarding proposed policy revisions that could impact benefits and job roles. Significant time was spent debating the removal of administrative time for exempt employees and the potential elimination of lump sum merit payments, changes the board chair attributed to legal advice but for which trustees and staff demanded clarification and cited inconsistencies. The discussion also addressed the board’s failure to meet the town’s deadline for submitting the library’s budget, leading to concerns that the town manager might create a default budget, potentially impacting library services.
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