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Board of Trustees

CONTACT US: Trustees@garfield.bccls.org

Meetings are typically held on the last Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm at the library. Meetings of the Garfield Public Library Board of Trustees are open to the public pursuant with the State of New Jersey’s Open Public Meetings Act. All meetings are held in the library’s Board Room unless otherwise noted. See below for the full schedule of meeting dates, as well as all meeting minutes and agendas.

By-laws of the Board of Trustees

 

Kathy Grzywnowicz-Muniz | President

Allan B. Focarino | Vice President

Berti Skenderasi | Second Vice President

Paola C. Lebowitz | Treasurer

Pending | Secretary

Thomas Derr

Everett E. Garnto Jr. | Mayor

Jill Lee | Mayor‘s Alternate

Dr. Richard Tomko | Superintendent of Schools

Marie Marx | Superintendent of Schools’ Alternate

Upcoming Meetings

All meetings begin at 7:00 pm and are held in the Board Room of the library.

The next meeting will be held Wednesday 3/25. All members of the public are welcome.

  • January 14
  • January 28
  • February 25
  • March 25
  • April 29
  • May 27
  • June 17
  • July 29
  • August 26
  • September 30
  • October 28
  • November 18
  • December 16

Meeting Agendas and Minutes

Agenda – January 14, 2026
Minutes – January 14, 2026
Agenda – January 28, 2026
Minutes – January 28, 2026
Agenda- February 25, 2026
Minutes – February 25, 2026
Agenda – March 25, 2026
Minutes – March 25, 2026
Agenda – April 29, 2026
Minutes – April 29, 2026
Agenda – May 27, 2026
Minutes – May 27, 2026
Agenda – June 17, 2026
Agenda – January 8, 2025
Minutes – January 8, 2025
Agenda – January 29, 2025
Minutes – January 29, 2025
Agenda – February 1, 2025
Minutes – February 1, 2025
Agenda – February 26, 2025
Minutes – February 26, 2025
Agenda – March 26, 2025
Minutes – March 26, 2025
Agenda April 30, 2025
Minutes – April 30, 2025
Agenda – June 5, 2025 (Canceled)
Agenda – June 25, 2025
Minutes – June 25, 2025
Agenda – July 30, 2025
Minutes – July 30, 2025
Agenda – August 27, 2025
Minutes – August 27, 2025
Agenda – September 24, 2025
Minutes – September 24, 2025
Agenda – October 29, 2025
Minutes – October 29, 2025
Agenda – November 19, 2025
Minutes – November 19, 2025
Agenda – December 23, 2025
Minutes – December 23, 2025
Wednesday-11.15.2023
Wednesday-Oct-25-2023
Wednesday-June-28-2023
Wednesday-May-31-2023
Wednesday-April-26th-2023
March-29-2023
Wednesday-February-22-2023
Wednesday-January-25-2023
Wednesday-January-4th-2023
Minutes-December-2022.docx
Wednesday-November-2022.docx
Wednesday-October-2022.docx
Wednesday-September-2022.docx
Wednesday-June-292022.docx
Wednesday-May-252022.doc
Wednesday-April-272022.doc

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