Trustees Vote to Prohibit Sleeping in Library

Library · Meeting of October 27, 2026

Douglas library trustees voted to ban sleeping in the library after a disruptive napping incident. The Board of Trustees approved the patron-behavior amendment 5-0 with one abstention, after staff said a patron was found "sprawled out" and unresponsive in October, the first such incident in ten years. Library Director Justin told the board "the issue is that if we don't have a policy against it, we can't ask someone to stop." Trustees also learned the Select Board voted that same night to offer the town administrator job to David Kersey, a police chief described as being from Minden.

The library's Friends auction brought in roughly $9,984, and Oktoberfest raised $950 with 1,057 visitors. Trustees approved 2 p.m. early closures before Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's, and formally designated Don as primary signatory and Lori Church as alternate signatory for vouchers and payroll.

In the full story:

• Minutes and Financial Report
• Director's Report: Print Versus Digital
• Old Business: Building Projects and Accessibility
• Capital Campaign, Auction and Friends Report
• Town and Funding Updates: Town Administrator Search
• New Business: Patron Behavior Policy
• Holiday Hours
• Other Business: Signatory Authorization and Scheduling
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,249 words

Source: the Library meeting of October 27, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.