2.4 Public Participation at Trustee Meetings

The Wadsworth Public Library Board of Trustees encourages residents of the Library’s service district to share their views. The Board agenda includes time at the beginning of each meeting for comments. In order for the Board to fulfill its obligation to complete the scheduled agenda in an effective and efficient fashion, a maximum of 30 minutes of public participation will be permitted at the beginning of each meeting.

Prior to the call to order, all visitors are required to sign-in with their name and residential address to indicate that they wish to speak. Only residents of the Library’s service district (contiguous with the boundaries of the Wadsworth City School District) may address the Board. Those qualified visitors who have indicated a desire to speak will be recognized in the order in which they signed in.

Each speaker is given three (3) minutes to share her/his views regarding Library business with the Board or Committee. If several persons wish to speak, each will be allotted three (3) minutes until the total public participation time of 30 minutes is used. No person may speak more than once per meeting.

If a resident wishes to share additional comments, she/he may schedule an appointment with the Library Director, who will then present a summary of that meeting either to the appropriate Committee of the Board or to the Board of Trustees.