Bill Library  
718 Colonel Ledyard Highway  
Ledyard, Connecticut 06339  
TOWN OF LEDYARD  
Library Commission  
Meeting Minutes  
Gales Ferry Library  
18 Hurlbutt Road  
Gales Ferry, Connecticut 06335  
Chair  
Rebecca Nash  
Special Meeting  
7:00 PM  
Thursday, March 30, 2023  
Virtual  
Virtual meeting - Zoom platform  
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I.  
CALL TO ORDER  
Chair Nash called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. online via zoom.  
II.  
ROLL CALL  
Commissioner John Bolduc  
Commissioner Brian Cronin  
Commissioner Ralph Hightower  
Chairman Rebecca Nash  
Present  
Commissioner Carol Ganz  
Commissioner Elizabeth Rumery  
Commissioner Ellin Grenger  
Commissioner Barbara Candler  
Commissioner Rolf Racich  
Excused  
In addition, the following were present:  
Jennifer Smith - Library Director  
III.  
IV.  
V.  
RESIDENTS & PROPERTY OWNERS COMMENTS  
None.  
PRESENTATIONS / INFORMATIONAL ITEMS  
None.  
MEMBER COMMENTS  
None.  
VI.  
REPORTS  
None.  
VII. APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
Due to this special meeting, minutes will be shared at our next regular meeting.  
VIII. OLD BUSINESS  
None.  
XI.  
1.  
NEW BUSINESS  
Update regarding FY23 operating budget  
Ms. Smith talked with Mayor Allyn and Matt Bonin, Finance Director, about transferring funds  
from a library wage line to the library operating line to cover costs related to toner and printing  
related items. There was a surplus in library wages due to staff turnover earlier this year.  
Motion to approve transferring the responsibility of the library photocopiers from the Library  
Commission to the Town of Ledyard including the lease payment and maintenance agreement  
along with the generated revenue starting in FY24 in the approximated annual amount of $3,500.  
2.  
APPROVED AND SO DECLARED  
John Bolduc  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
Carol Ganz  
SECONDER:  
6
3
Bolduc Cronin Hightower Nash Ganz Rumery  
Grenger Candler Racich  
AYE  
EXCUSED  
X.  
ADJOURNMENT  
Ms. Ganz moved the meeting be adjourned, seconded by Mr. Hightower.  
The meeting adjourned at 7:22 p.m.  
VOTE: 6-0 Approved and so declared  
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 17, 2023 at the Gales Ferry Library.  
Respectively Submitted,  
_______________________________  
Chair Rebecca Nash  
Library Commission  
DISCLAIMER: Although we try to be timely and accurate these are not official records of the  
Town.