Board of Trustees

Members

• Sandhya Nankani – President
• Heather Shimokawa – Secretary
• Lynn Ma – Treasurer
• Dorothy Hayden
• Ariela Keysar
• Elaine Kass
• Ana Sandoval
• Brian Bernstein – Mayor of Demarest 
• Daniel Marks – Council Liaison
• Michael Fox – Superintendent of Schools / Superintendent’s Alternate – Lisa Carson

Board of Trustees Scheduled Meetings 2025

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, in compliance with N.J.S.A. 10:4-18, that the Demarest Free Public Library Board of Trustees will hold its 2025 meetings according to the following schedule:

• Monday, January 13 * 6:45pm start (2nd Monday)
• Monday, February 10 * 6:45pm start (2nd Monday)
• Monday, March 17
• Monday, April 7 (1st Monday)
• Monday, May 19
• Monday, June 16
• Monday, July 14 * 6:45pm start (2nd Monday)
• No meeting scheduled for the month of August
• Monday, September 15
• Monday, October 6 (1st Monday)
• Monday, November 18
• Monday December 15

All meetings will commence at 7:00pm and will be held at the library located at 90 Hardenburgh Avenue, Demarest, New Jersey, unless otherwise noted.

Meetings of the Demarest Library Board of Trustees to be held on the 3rd Monday of the month at 7:00pm unless otherwise noted. Meeting location will be either remote via Google Meet or in-person at the Demarest Public Library.

REMOTE MEETINGS:
Visit the link below to be redirected to any currently scheduled remote meetings:
demarestlibrary.org/VirtualBoardMeeting

IN-PERSON MEETINGS:
Demarest Library
90 Hardenburgh Ave 
Demarest, New Jersey 07627

Any changes in this schedule will be noticed according to law.

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

• 2020
  • December 14, 2020

• 2021
  • January 25, 2021
  • February 22, 2021
  • March 15, 2021
  • April 19, 2021
  • May 17, 2021
  • June 21, 2021
  • July 19, 2021
  • September 20, 2021
  • October 18, 2021
  • November 15, 2021
  • December 13, 2021

• 2022
  • January 24, 2023
  • February 28, 2022
  • March 21, 2022
  • April 25, 2022
  • May 16, 2022
  • June 20, 2022
  • July 18, 2022
  • September 19, 2022
  • October 17, 2022
  • November 14, 2022
  • December 12, 2022

• 2023
  • January 9, 2023 Special Meeting
  • January 9, 2023
  • February 13, 2023
  • March 13, 2023
  • April 17, 2023
  • May 8, 2023
  • June 12, 2023
  • July 19, 2023
  • September 11, 2023
  • October 2, 2023 Special meeting
  • October 16, 2023
  • November 13, 2023
  • December 11, 2023

• 2024
  • 2024
    • January 8, 2024 (special meeting)
    • February 12, 2024
    • March 18, 2024
    • April 29, 2024
    • May 20, 2024
    • June 17, 2024
    • July 15, 2024
    • September 16, 2024
    • October 21, 2024
    • November 18, 2024
    • December 16, 2024

• 2025
  • 2025
    • To be posted