Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees generally meets at 7:00 pm on the fourth Monday of each month. Meetings are held in the Library’s meeting room and are open to the public.
Contact the Board of Trustees: highwoodlibraryboard@gmail.com
Board of Trustees
Listed below are the trustees and the expiration year of their terms. All terms expire in May.
Lucy Hospodarsky, President | 2025
president@highwoodlibrary.org
Janell Cleland, Vice-President | 2024
vicepresident@highwoodlibrary.org
Nora Loredo, Treasurer | 2023
treasurer@highwoodlibrary.org
Catherine Regalado, Secretary | 2024
secretary@highwoodlibrary.org
Bertha Chavez | 2025
trustee1@highwoodlibrary.org
Paul Martinez | 2025
trustee5@highwoodlibrary.org
Jason Muelver | 2023
trustee6@highwoodlibrary.org
Lorena Victorica | 2024
trustee4@highwoodlibrary.org
Board Meeting Schedule
Meeting minutes are posted once they have been approved at the subsequent meeting. Agendas for upcoming meetings will be posted as soon as they are available. During library renovation (starting December 2022) board will meet at Highwood City Hall.
2023
April 24, 2023
March 30, 2023 (PDF) (HTML)
February 27, 2023 (PDF) (HTML)
January 23, 2023
2022
December 19, 2022
November 28, 2022
October 24, 2022
October 11, 2022 Special Meeting
September 26, 2022
August 22, 2022
July 25, 2022
June 27, 2022
May 23, 2022 Annual Meeting
April 25, 2022
March 28, 2022
February 28, 2022
January 24, 2022
2021
December 27, 2021
November 22, 2021
October 25, 2021
September 27, 2021
August 30, 2021
July 26, 2021
June 28, 2021
June 7, 2021 Special Meeting
May 24, 2021 Annual Meeting
May 24, 2021 Special Meeting
May 6, 2021 Special Meeting
April 26, 2021
March 22, 2021
February 22, 2021
January 25, 2021
2020
December 28, 2020
November 23, 2020
October 26, 2020
September 28, 2020
August 24, 2020
July 27, 2020
June 22, 2020
May 18, 2020
May 4, 2020 Special Meeting
April 20, 2020
March 16, 2020
February 17. 2020
January 20, 2020
January 14, 2020 Special Meeting
Board Committees
The Library Board consists of five standing committees of at least three members and can include members of the community. In addition to these standing committees, the Board President may appoint special committees to present reports or recommendations to the Board. Standing committees meet on an as-needed basis.
Building and Grounds Committee
Diana Guerrero, Chair
Carmen Patlan
Lorena Victorica
Finance Committee
Nora Loredo, Chair
Lucy Hospodarsky
Jason Muelver
Carmen Patlan
Personnel Committee
Lucy Hospodarsky, Chair
Janell Cleland
Carmen Patlan
Policy Committee
Catherine Regalado, Chair
Janell Cleland
Carmen Patlan
Technology Committee
Catherine Regalado, Chair
Andy Hamilton
Jim Knutson
Jason Muelver
Carmen Patlan
Board Committee Minutes
Meeting minutes are posted once they have been approved at the subsequent meeting. Agendas for upcoming meetings will be posted as soon as they are available.
2023
January 11, 2023 Finance Committee Agenda (PDF) (HTML)
2022
August 29, 2022 Finance Committee Agenda (PDF) (HTML)
August 25, 2022 Policy Committee
April 8, 2022 Finance Committee Agenda (PDF)
March 28, 2022 Policy Committee
March 19, 2022 Finance Committee Agenda (PDF) (HTML)
2021
October 26, 2021 Finance Committee Agenda (PDF) (HTML)
October 7, 2021 Policy Committee
September 15, 2021 Finance Committee
June 22, 2021 Technology Committee Agenda (PDF) (HTML)
April 7, 2021 Finance Committee
March 3, 2021 Finance Committee
February 22, 2021 Building & Grounds Committee Agenda: (PDF) (HTML)
2020
December 9, 2020 Finance Committee
October 6, 2020 Finance Committee
October 5, 2020 Technology Committee
April 21, 2020 Finance Committee
April 7, 2020 Building and Grounds Committee
March 16, 2020 Finance Committee
March 11, 2020 Finance Committee
March 10, 2020 Technology Committee
February 20, 2020 Finance Committee
February 4, 2020 Policy Committee
February 3, 2020 Finance Committee
January 29, 2020 Personnel Committee