Board of Trustees, Meetings, & Board Minutes
Board Meeting Schedule
Third Thursday of the month at 6:30pm unless otherwise stated
April 17, Special meeting May 8 at 6:30 PM, May 15, June 26 in the library Community Room.
*Meetings are open to the public even when library is closed- come to the Front Street Entrance.
NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING
BUCHANAN DISTRICT LIBRARY BOARD
Thursday, June 26, 2025
at 6:30 p.m.
Buchanan District Library
128 E. Front St., Buchanan, Michigan 49107
The Buchanan District Library Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed library budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 at the Buchanan District Library located at 128 E. Front St., Buchanan, Michigan 49107 on June 26, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. The property tax millage rate proposed to be levied to support the proposed budget will be a subject of this hearing. A copy of the budget, including the proposed property tax millage rates, is available for public inspection on the library’s website, www.buchananlibrary.org, and also at the Buchanan District Library, located at 128 E. Front St., Buchanan, Michigan 49107, during business hours.
The Buchanan District Library must hold a public hearing before the final adoption of the budget. Any interested person will be given the opportunity to be heard at the public hearing regarding the proposed budget.
The Buchanan District Library Board will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting upon 3 days’ notice to the Library Board. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the Library by writing or calling the following: Meg Paulette Perez, Library Director, Buchanan District Library located at 128 E. Front St., Buchanan, Michigan 49107; (269) 695-1911.
Molly Thornton | President | City Appointment Term Expires 6/2026 |
buchananlibrarytrustee.thornt@gmail.com |
Deb Miner | Vice President | City Appointment Term Expires 6/2027 |
buchananlibrarytrustee.miner@gmail.com |
Janet Kuhn | Treasurer | School Appointment Term Expires 6/2028 |
buchananlibrarytrustee.kuhn@gmail.com |
Karen Quasny | Secretary | School Appointment Term Expires 6/2029 |
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Karen McGuirt | City Appointment Term Expires 6/2027 |
buchananlibrarytrustee.mcguirt@gmail.com | |
Nathanael Lyon | School Appointment Term Expires 6/2029 |
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Trinity Young | School Appointment Term Expires 6/2028 |
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Grant Waggoner Student Representative |
School Appointment |
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Board Committees 2024–2025
Committee |
Chair |
Members |
Building | Thornton | McGuirt, Lyon, Waggoner Iler, Bellaire, Chapman, Lysy |
Finance | Kuhn | Quasny, McGuirt, Ross |
Fundraising & Public Relations | McGuirt | Lyon, Miner, Young |
Personnel | Miner | Thornton, Lyon, Kuhn |
Policy | Quasny | Miner, Young |
Technology | Thornton |
Quasny, Young, Hauch |
Strategic Plan | Quasny |
Miner, Thornton |
*Italics indicate non-board members |
Library Board Meetings are held once a month and are open to the public. Any changes in meeting day and time will be posted in the library and on the website. Additional Library Board Minutes available at the Library upon request.
Fiscal Year 2021–2022 June 2022 Minutes |
Fiscal Year 2022–2023
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Fiscal Year 2023–2024
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Fiscal Year 2024–2025 |