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Muskegon board appoints two Hackley Public Library trustees amid term-date confusion
Summary
The Muskegon Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Feb. 18 to appoint Ms. Bailey and Mr. Sischo to the Hackley Public Library board after discussing confusion over their expired 6/30/25 terms.
The Muskegon Public Schools Board of Education voted unanimously Feb. 18 to appoint Ms. Bailey and Mr. Sischo to the Hackley Public Library board despite questions about when their prior terms ended.
Board member Morgan Witmer moved to appoint the two trustees and David O'Brien seconded the motion; the vote was 7-0 in favor. Minutes note the candidates were ‘‘both currently serving as HPL Board Members’’ and that there was ‘‘some confusion around them taking over terms and how those dates ended’’ with the minutes listing the terms as expired June 30, 2025.
The appointment was taken during the board’s regular meeting at the Charles W. Poole Sr. Administration Building. The minutes do not record further discussion of the causes of the term-date discrepancy, nor do they note whether the appointments include retroactive term adjustments or a change to the official record of terms.
The board handled the appointment as a single motion within its new-business agenda and moved on to other items after the 7-0 vote. The board’s minutes do not identify a follow-up assignment to verify or reconcile the library’s term records.
