Minutes of the Special Meeting
Thrall Public Library District of Middletown and Wallkill
Board of Trustees
November 21, 2002

I. Call to Order
Mr. Richard C. Bell, President, opened the meeting at 7:00pm and led the pledge to the flag.
II. Roll Call
Mr. Russo called the roll:
Present
Mr. Richard C. Bell, President
Mrs. Joan Hutchinson, Vice-President
Mr. Ralph Russo, Secretary
Mr. Carl Berkowitz
Mrs. Rosa Boyd
Mr. Kevin J. Gallagher, Director
Mr. Timothy J. Conway, Treasurer

Absent
Ms. Helen Sherman (excused)

III. Visitors Comments
Mary Reader, Middletown, read a statement. (Statement attached to official minutes)

Arthur Deutsch, Town of Minisink, feels the Supervisor's had no choice but to turn this down with those figures.

Jerry Episallo, Middletown, discussed how Middletown should not give free service to the towns.

Irma Deutsch, Town of Minisink, is willing to pay, however, can not justify the difference in rates.

Marlena Lange, Middletown, urged the Board to decertify the election.

IV. Old Business
Mr. Russo moved to go into executive session at 7:15pm to discuss legal matters. Mrs. Boyd
seconded.

Ayes: Bell, Hutchinson, Boyd, Russo, Berkowitz - 5
Noes: None
Motion declared approved. (11/21/02 - 107)




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IV. Old Business Con't.
Mr. Berkowitz moved to come out of executive session at 7:50pm. Mrs. Boyd seconded.

Ayes: Bell, Hutchinson, Russo, Boyd, Berkowitz - 5
Noes: None
Motion declared approved. (11/21/02 - 108)

The Board received a report from John McCarey, Director of Orange County Office of Real
Property Services.

Mr. Berkowitz moved to go into executive session at 8:00pm to discuss legal matters. Mrs.
Hutchinson seconded.

Ayes: Bell, Hutchinson, Russo, Boyd, Berkowitz - 5
Noes: None
Motion declared approved. (11/21/02 - 109)

Mr. Russo moved to come out of executive session at 8:07pm. Mr. Berkowitz seconded.

Ayes: Bell, Hutchinson, Russo, Boyd, Berkowitz - 5
Noes: None
Motion declared approved. (11/21/02 - 110)

V. New Business
Mrs. Hutchinson moved that the Library Board of Trustees hereby decertifies the voting
outcomes of the October 8, 2002 voting on propositions 1 and 2, as well as the candidate
elections for trustees of the Middletown Thrall Regional Public Library. Mr. Russo seconded.

Ayes: Bell, Hutchinson, Boyd, Russo - 4
Noes: None
Abstain: Berkowitz - 1
Motion declared approved. (11/21/02 - 111)

Mr. Berkowitz moved that the Library Board of Trustees hereby establishes the existing 2002
budget of $2,249,197 for the 2003 fiscal year of the Thrall Public Library District of
Middletown and Wallkill; and to appoint candidates for two (2) vacant seats on the Thrall
Public Library District of Middletown Library Board of Trustees; until the next library budget
and trustee vote. Mrs. Boyd seconded.

Ayes: Bell, Hutchinson, Berkowitz, Russo, Boyd - 5
Noes: None
Motion declared approved. (11/21/02 - 112)


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VI. Adjournment
Mr. Russo moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:10pm. Mr. Berkowitz seconded.

Ayes: Bell, Berkowitz, Hutchinson, Russo, Boyd - 5
Noes: None
Motion declared approved. (11/21/02 - 113)

Respectfully submitted,

Ralph Russo, Secretary