BOARD of LIBRARY TRUSTEES MEETING MINUTES
DATE: / Thursday, April 20, 2017TIME: / 5:30 PM
LOCATION: / Conference Room, Main Library
59 Marion Road
BOARD MEMBERS / ATTENDEES PRESENT:
Johnna Fredrickson, Chair
Roger Bacchieri, Mel Dyer, Diane O’Brien and director, Mike Carlozzi
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:
Selectman Representative, Mike Dowd, Fred Fuller, Aprilleigh Lauer, Jennifer Lucas
Call to Order
5:36 PM by Johnna
Announcements
Earth Day will be celebrated with an event about organic gardening with John Root on April 22 at 10:30.
The recent untimely death of reporter and friend of WFL, Chris Shott was announced.
Approval / Review of Previous Minutes
Reviewed and changes will be made before posting.
Correspondence
None
Old Business
Roger provided an update on the Sustainability Plan. There is no new news to report, but the group is contemplating a slowdown of sorts. This was discussed due to the changeover in officers and active members of the groups involved. It was noted that the process seems to be going very slowly already.
Staffing Report
Included in Director’s Report.
Friends Report
Priscilla reminded all about the Book Sale next week. She also noted that they WILL be selling discarded books after all. Also noted was the sale of ducks for the upcoming Duck Race will be at the library during the month of May. New games will be offered at the event for the children and The Village Store will be open for business on the day of the race. Prizes will be awarded in several categories for the best decorated ducks.
There will be NO BOOK SALE IN JUNE.
Foundation Report
Reminders about the Hank Philippi Ryan event tomorrow to be held at Salerno’s.
Trustee Matters
Update on Art Project – Mel spoke recently to Linda Sharp about Art Program. They are currently putting out feelers to local artists. They would also like to establish a plan of action.
Update on Middle School Library Project – Diane reported that they will be heading to the library tomorrow to begin the process of weeding out unusable, moldy and outdated books. Also attending will be Johnna and Marcia.
Director’s Report
A grant of $2,800 was awarded from Cape Cod Five to purchase new equipment for the technology area.
The Director is now seeking grant funding for digitizing all of our newspapers and periodicals. This would be a huge undertaking, costing close to $10,000.
The budget for FY2018 is firming up, according to the Director. The money will allow the hiring of one more staff member. Since this will not aid in the recertification process, the Director has decided to use the money to increase the hours of the staff already employed. This seems to be a great idea, since the staff hours were previously cut.
The Director has also created a new schedule of operating hours for review and approval. With the new schedule and added hours, this may put the library on the right path for recertification. Along with this plan, comes the need for firm commitments from the Friends and the Foundation for financial assistance. The Director’s dogged determination, hard work and optimistic attitude about recertification was a welcome change for the BoLT.
Date and Time of Next Meeting
May 18, 2017 at 5:30 PM
Adjournment
Mel motioned, Roger seconded
7-0-0