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Jaffrey Public Library trustees enter nonpublic session on hiring, vote to seal minutes
Summary
At their May 5 meeting the Jaffrey Public Library trustees voted to go into nonpublic session under RSA 91-A:3 II(b) to discuss hiring and later voted to seal the nonpublic minutes. The minutes record some inconsistent vote tallies between roll-call lines and motion results.
Chair John Stone presided over the Jaffrey Public Library trustees' meeting on May 5, 2026, when trustees voted to enter a nonpublic session under RSA 91-A:3 II(b) to discuss hiring and later voted to seal the minutes of that closed session.
The trustees moved into nonpublic session after Trustee Deb Weissman made a motion to do so and another trustee seconded. The minutes cite RSA 91-A:3 II(b) — the statutory authority that permits closed sessions to discuss hiring of any person as an employee — as the basis for the action. The meeting record indicates the trustees entered nonpublic session at 4:00 p.m. and returned to public session at 4:57 p.m.
Why this matters: RSA 91-A permits local public bodies to meet in nonpublic session for certain personnel matters; sealing nonpublic minutes preserves confidentiality of the discussion and limits public access to the record of that session.
Sequence and votes: Trustee Deb Weissman moved to enter nonpublic session; the motion was seconded. A roll call line in the minutes shows affirmative votes next to John Stone, Carol Greenwald, Deb Weissman, Judith Goff, Karie Swift and Emily Carr. Elsewhere in the minutes the motion is recorded as carrying "5-0." The minutes do not resolve the discrepancy between the roll-call lines and the written result; both the roll-call entries and the stated 5-0 result are recorded in the published minutes.
After the closed session, Chair John Stone moved to exit nonpublic session; Trustee Deb Weissman seconded, and the exit motion was recorded as carrying. Later, Trustee Carol Greenwald moved to seal the minutes of the nonpublic session; Trustee Deb Weissman seconded and the motion was recorded as carrying. The minutes state the nonpublic minutes were sealed.
The meeting adjourned at 4:58 p.m. after a motion by Chair John Stone, seconded by Trustee Deb Weissman; the minutes record that motion as carried (4-0).
The minutes include a link to the town's Public Comments Policy but contain no recorded public comments. The minutes close with the statement that the minutes were recorded by Karie Swift.
What the minutes do not include: The transcript records no substantive details from the nonpublic session content (hiring decisions and specifics are not disclosed in the public minutes) and no names or details about the person(s) discussed in the closed session. The published minutes also contain inconsistent vote tallies that are not explained in the text; the trustees' public record does not resolve those inconsistencies.
