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Garden City Public Library Board enters executive session during brief special meeting
Summary
The Garden City Public Library Board of Trustees met for a special session June 24, 2026, approving the agenda, moving into an executive session at 3:07 p.m., reconvening at 3:54 p.m. and adjourning; the minutes record unanimous approval for procedural motions and provide no public details of the executive session.
Colleen Foley, chair of the Garden City Public Library Board of Trustees, called a special meeting to order at 3:05 p.m. on June 24, 2026, in the library’s small meeting room. Foley led the Pledge of Allegiance and the board proceeded to the business listed on the agenda.
Vice Chair Mary Maguire moved to approve the meeting agenda; Trustee Paul O’Grady seconded, and the motion carried unanimously. Shortly thereafter, Maguire moved that the board enter executive session; O’Grady seconded and the motion was approved unanimously. The minutes record the board entering executive session at 3:07 p.m. and returning to open session at 3:54 p.m., but do not disclose the subject matter discussed while in executive session.
After exiting executive session, Maguire again moved—and O’Grady seconded—to adjourn. The board adjourned at 3:54 p.m., with the record indicating unanimous approval of the procedural motions. Present at the meeting were trustees Colleen Foley (chair), Mary Maguire (vice chair), Linda Ryan, Paul O’Grady and Carolyn Paparella; Marianne Malagon, library director, and Courtney Rutt Rosenblatt, operations director, were also listed as present.
The minutes are signed "Respectfully submitted" by Marianne Malagon and include an administrative approval notation dated July 13, 2026. The record does not include public debate, substantive policy discussion, or details of items discussed in executive session.
