Staff & Board of Trustees

Vanessa Hall-Bennett, Director 

Marty Balbinot, Business Administrator

Ellen Mibbs, Assistant Director and Children’s Services Coordinator 

Jessica Hughes, Young Adult Coordinator 

Luke Baker, Patron Services Associate

The library currently employs four full-time and three part-time employees.  All full-time employees participate in IMRF.  For more information about IMRF, please see: https://www.imrf.org/en/about-imrf/transparency/employer-cost-and-participation-information

• Mark McGrew President
• Mary Ellen Simpson Vice President
• Mary Layton Treasurer
• Vacancy, Secretary
• Kate Hurley
• Deanna Foutch
• Rhonda Taylor Riley

The regular meeting of the Havana Public Library District Board of Trustees is held on the second Thursday of every month at 4:00 p.m. at the Havana Public Library Annex, 118 South Plum Street, Havana, Illinois.

July 14, 2023
August 10, 2023
September 14, 2023
October 12, 2023
November 9, 2023
December 14, 2023
January 11, 2024
February 8, 2024
March 14, 2024
April 11, 2024
May 9, 2024
Jun 13, 2024

All meeting agendas can be found on the Havana Public Library District website calendar.

Click here to view past Board Meeting Minutes.

Click here to view a PDF of the Bylaws of the Havana Public Library District.

Click here to view past Board Meeting Agendas.