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Trustees weigh holiday, post-holiday and Labor Day Saturday closures amid staffing constraints
Summary
Trustees discussed proposed early closures around Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve and whether to close the Saturday after holidays, citing staff scheduling under the town's SAP rules and door-count data showing quieter patronage on those days.
Library Director Ryan told trustees his recommendation is to close select Saturdays after holiday weekends because of how the town SAP schedule assigns compensatory days for Friday/Saturday staff splits. He said the staffing pattern means closing a Friday often leaves half the staff without a compensatory day, complicating coverage.
"So the way that staffing structure works here is that if I work on Friday, I have Saturday off," Ryan explained, noting that a recent tally showed attendance on Saturdays after holiday weekends is "less than 0.25 of what they are on an average Saturday." Trustees asked that the decision be guided by patron counts; Molly referenced state guidance on recommended minimum open hours and Schofield said the explanation "makes perfect sense" but urged sensitivity to weekend access for patrons. The board agreed to be open the Saturday after Labor Day and to re-evaluate the Saturday-after-Thanksgiving option after polling part-time staff.
