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.