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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.

2025-2026 Budget Resolution

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

buchananlibrarytrustee.quasny@gmail.com

Karen McGuirt City Appointment
Term Expires 6/2027
buchananlibrarytrustee.mcguirt@gmail.com
Nathanael Lyon School Appointment
Term Expires
6/2029

buchananlibrarytrustee.lyon@gmail.com 

Trinity Young School Appointment
Term Expires
6/2028

buchananlibrarytrustee.young@gmail.com 

Grant Waggoner
Student Representative

School Appointment
Term Expires
9/2024

 

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

2021–2022 Budget Resolution

July 2021 Minutes

August 2021 Minutes

September 2021 Minutes

October 2021 Minutes

November 2021 Minutes

December 2021 Minutes

January 2022 Minutes

February 2022 Minutes

March 2022 Minutes

April 2022 Minutes

May 2022 Minutes

June 2022 Minutes

Fiscal Year 2022–2023

2022–2023 Budget Resolution

July 2022 Minutes

August 2022 Minutes

September 2022 Minutes

October 2022 Minutes

November 2022 Minutes

December 2022 Minutes

January 2023 Minutes

February 2023 Minutes

March 2023 Minutes

April 2023 Minutes

May 2023 Minutes

June 2023 Minutes

Fiscal Year 2023–2024

2023–2024 Budget Resolution

July 2023 Minutes

August 2023 Minutes

September 2023 Minutes

October 2023 Minutes

November 2023 Minutes

December 2023 Minutes

January 2024 Minutes

February 2024 Minutes

March 2024 Minutes

April 2024 Minutes

May 2024 Minutes

June 2024 Minutes

Fiscal Year 2024–2025

2024–2025 Budget Resolution

July 2024 Minutes

August 2024 Minutes

September 2024 Minutes

October 2024 Minutes

November 2024 Special Meeting Minutes

November 2024 Minutes

December 2024 Minutes

January 2025 Minutes

February 2025 Minutes

March 2025 Minutes

April 2025 Minutes

Special Meeting May Minutes

May Minutes