Board of Trustees
2025-2026 Board of Trustees
John White, President Bio
Ralph Plotke, Vice-President Bio
Nayana Mehta, Finance Officer Bio
Steve Bard, Trustee Bio
Barbara Leventhal, Trustee Bio
Meetings
Regular meetings of the Hauppauge Public Library are generally held at 7pm. Changes to this schedule will be posted in the library and on our events calendar on the library web site. Please contact the Chief Executive Officer to confirm date and time of all board meetings.
Meetings of the board of trustees are open to the public. All are welcome to attend.
All meetings will be held at 1373 Veterans Memorial Highway, Suite 1, Hauppauge, NY, 11788.
All open meeting documents are available by request of the Chief Executive Officer. Meetings may involve members participating via videoconferencing due to extraordinary reasons. The resolution to adopt procedures is here: https://tinyurl.com/mrxscntm. The procedures are here: https://tinyurl.com/45wzmscp.
2026
January 21
February 23
March 30
April 20
May 18
June 15
2025
January 22 Minutes
February 24 Minutes
March 24 Minutes
April 21 Minutes
May 23 Minutes
June 18 Minutes
July 8 Minutes
July 21 Minutes
August 11 Minutes
August 25 Minutes
September 15 Minutes
October 20 Minutes
November 20 Minutes
December 1 Minutes
December 15 Minutes
Hauppauge Public Library Annual Vote
Tuesday April 14, 2026 from 9:30 am – 8:30 pm
Voting will take place at the Hauppauge Public Library. Voting will be for the election of two library trustees: one to fill a five year term and one to fill a three year term. Information on our current trustees is here. A proposed library budget for the period from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 is also on the ballot. Trustee nominating petitions are available at the Library and must be filed by March 16, 2026 by 5 pm.
You may vote in the library election if you are:
(1) at least 18 years of age
(2) a citizen of the United States
(3) a resident in the library district for 30 days; and
(4) registered to vote (you are already registered if you have voted during the last four years in any general, school district or library election.)
Voter Registration:
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm in the Library (Only required if you have NOT voted in a general, school district or library district vote during the last four years).
Absentee Ballots:
Absentee ballot applications are available and may be picked up at the library’s guest services desk.


