Library Trustees Approve Contract, Table Building-Naming Dispute
Mendon library trustees warn a facilities-budget shift could put state accreditation at risk.
Library · Meeting of March 16, 2026
Mendon library trustees warn a facilities-budget shift could put state accreditation at risk. The Board of Library Trustees unanimously approved February's minutes and a new staff contract, while flagging that moving building-maintenance costs to the town's facilities department "can't be disproportionate to a cut anywhere else in the budget." February spending totaled $23,494, with the library saving $640 by switching HVAC vendors on a roughly $2,200 repair. Trustees also revisited a two-year-old push to name the 18 Main Street annex for former librarian Lorna Rhodes, saying a Select Board member's recent email wrongly folded in an unrelated proposal to rename the current library building.
The director said state aid cannot legally fund a maintenance study of the town-owned annex.
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Source: the Library meeting of March 16, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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