Board of Trustees

Agenda for January 28, 2010 Library Board Meeting

An advisory Library Board of Trustees is appointed for three-year terms by the Polk County Board of County Commissioners. No library board member may serve for more than two consecutive terms.

Polk County Public Library Board of Trustees 2009-2010
(3-Year Terms)

Chair: Don Hofmann
891 Jones Rd.
Mill Spring, NC 28756
Home: 828-625-9421
E-Mail: ddhof@bellsouth.net
First term expires 5/2010

Vice Chair: Amber Keeran
731 Skyuka Mountain Rd.
Columbus, NC 28722
Home: 894-2870
Email: jamberli@yahoo.com
First term expires 5/2010

Secretary: Marian C. Bryan
100 Hannah Drive
Mill Spring, NC 28756
Home: 894-6339
Email: Bryan7168@windstream.net                                                     
First Term expires 5/2010

Michael Brandstadter
247 North Highland Rd.
Mill Spring, NC 28756
Home: 828-817-9413
Email: mickeyphd@skyrunner.net                                                     
First Term expires 5/2011

Linda S. Haynes
PO Box 100
Tryon, NC 28782
Home: 859-6882
Email: lhayneslaw@windstream.net                                                     
First Term expires 5/2010

Nancy Hiley
1745 Hogback Mountain Road
Tryon, NC 28782
Home: 859-0378
Email: nthiley@windstream.net                                                     
Second Term expires 5/2010

Judy Lanier
110-A Grady Avenue
Tryon, NC 28782
828-243-6586
Email: monalisa28756@gmail.com                                                     
First Term expires 5/2011

Jan Impey
21 Wheeler Street
Columbus, NC  28722
Home:  828-894-3830
Email: N/A
First term expires 5/2012

Kenneth Yeager
60 Walnut Lane
Columbus, NC 28722
Home: 894-6327
Email: ken.yeager@gmail.com
First term expires 5/2012

Friends of the Library Liaison

Melody Gibson
Saluda Community Help, Inc.
P.O. Box 1044
Saluda, NC 28773
Home: 828-749-9683
Email: megsalud@charter.net
Ex-officio member

Commissioner Liaison

Warren D. Watson
926 Warrior Dr.
Tryon, NC 28782
HOme: 859-8328; Mobile 864-420-9933 (preferred)
Email: watsonw@windstream.net
Ex-officio member

Committee Assignments:

Policy:

Outreach:

Ad Hoc Committee on Art:

Other

Terms:

2010: Amber Keeran, Marian Bryan, Linda Haynes, Don Hofmann

2011: Nancy Hiley, Mickey Brandstadter, Judy Lanier

2012: Jan Impey, Ken Yeager

Schedule of Board Meetings for FY 2009-2010

September 17, 2009
(Reports cover the 1st two months of FY 2009-2010, July-August, 2009)

November 19, 2009
(Reports cover the 2nd two months of FY 2009--2010, September-October, 2009)

January 28, 2010
(Reports cover the 3rd two months of FY 2009-2010, November- December, 2009)

March 25, 2010
(Reports cover the 4th two months of FY 2009-2010, January- February, 2010)

May 27, 2010
(Reports cover the 5th two months of FY 2009-2010, March-April, 2010)

July 22, 2010
(Reports cover the last two months of FY 2009-2010, May-June, 2010)

All Library Board of Trustees meetings will take place at the Polk County Public Library meeting room at 5:00 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of every other month, unless a change in the meeting schedule is announced by the Chairperson of the Board.

All meetings are open to the public. The Secretary is responsible for providing a copy of Board minutes at least one week prior to the scheduled Board meeting.

Anyone interested in adding his or her name to a pool of applicants for Library Board vacancies should complete the County's online Application for Appointment to Volunteer Board. All applications on file are considered by the Board of County Commissioners whenever board vacancies occur. Terms are for three years. Current Board members interested in serving a second term must reapply for the position. No Board member may serve for more than six consecutive years. Board vacancies are announced in local newspapers.

Last updated: January 21, 2009