Jaffrey Public Library trustees enter nonpublic session on hiring, later seal minutes

Trustee Emily Carr moved and Trustee Carol Greenwald seconded a motion on April 6 for the Jaffrey Public Library trustees to enter a nonpublic session under RSA 91-A:3, II(b) to discuss the hiring of an employee; the board voted 5-0 to approve the motion.

RSA 91-A:3, II(b) permits a governing body to close a meeting to the public to discuss the hiring of any person as an employee. Library Director Julie Perrin and trustees were present for the session, which the minutes record as beginning at 3:50 p.m.

The board conducted a roll-call vote on the motion to enter nonpublic session. Chair John Stone and Trustees Deb Weissman, Carol Greenwald, Karie Swift and Emily Carr registered aye votes; the motion carried 5-0. The record shows the trustees remained in nonpublic session until 4:54 p.m.

Trustee Carol Greenwald moved to exit the nonpublic session; Trustee Deb Weissman seconded. A subsequent roll-call vote again registered five ayes and the board ended the closed session at 4:54 p.m.

After returning to public session, Trustee Deb Weissman moved and Trustee Carol Greenwald seconded a motion to seal the minutes of the nonpublic session. That motion passed on a 5-0 vote. The meeting was then adjourned on a motion by Trustee Emily Carr, seconded by Trustee Carol Greenwald; the adjournment vote was recorded 5-0 and the meeting closed at 4:54 p.m.

The transcript notes that minutes were recorded by Trustee Karie Swift. Because the matters discussed in the nonpublic session were personnel/hiring related and the minutes were sealed by motion, no further details about the hiring discussion are recorded in the public minutes.