The meeting was called to order at 6 pm. Present were Roger Daniels, Tom Wallace, Leina Smoker and Susan Turbyne.
REPORTS
1. Review Draft Minutes of Sept. 28, 2011 and October 13, 2011 Meetings¬
It was moved (Roger Daniels) and seconded (Leina Smoker) to accept the minutes of the September 28th meeting as approved as read. The motion was passed.
It was moved (Roger Daniels) and seconded (Leina Smoker) to accept the minutes of the October 13th meeting as approved as read. The motion was passed.
2. Treasurer’s Report
a. Account Balances - $99,902.83
b. YTD Income – Expenses – We reviewed our income and expenses as of 10/27/2011.
c. Projected YE Expenditures – We reviewed the projected end of year expenditures.
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3. Library Director’s Report - Attendence at the library keeps us busy. The new fall/winter hours seem to be popular with our patrons and are much appreciated by the library director. The knitting group is now meeting on Thursday rather than Wednesday afternoons. This is working out nicely because Wednesday afternoon continues to be the busiest part of our week. One other change took place since our last meeting – we are now checking out books etc for three rather than two weeks. This has been well received by our patrons.
This week we completed the remodeling of our video/reading/gathering room. The videos have been rearranged, shelves cleaned up, and two comfy chairs along with a magazine table have been added. We have already received several very positive comments from our patrons.
Rachel attended a workshop on event planning recently and as a follow-up has planned a ‘Read-a-thon’ for the 8 to 12 year olds here at the library this Saturday afternoon from 4 until 5:30. She has several games planned and Jim will pick up and deliver the pizza about 5. I think it will be a fun time for our young readers.
We are considering being at the library on Halloween night from 5 until 6 unless we come to our senses! We have prepared a bookmark and will purchase candy to give out. Any event like this is good, positive publicity for our library.
We continue to receive a bag of dvds from our participation in the Scrooge and Marley dvd coop. We received 30 dvds for September and October and circulated half of them for a total of 25 checkouts. We are constantly monitoring the services we pay for.
OLD BUSINESS
4. Status - Town Master Plan Narrative – We plan to continue this discussion in the new year.
5. Remaining projects for 2011 using remaining Town Appropriation and appropriated Library Endowment Funds
a. Refinish front doors – Craig Bixby will be removing the front doors on November 10th and will proceed with the project.¬
b. Re-keying of entry doors – Tom will speak with Craig Bixby regarding the steps to take to change the locks.
c. Re-wiring to eliminate remaining knob and tube circuiting
Also, Rewire single receptacle + add additional outlets – Tom talked with the AES Electrical after our last meeting and they expect to begin work on Thursday, November 3rd.
6. Boiler maintenance – Roger will remind Carl Doe that the work needs to be done.
7. 2012 Library Budget – Due to Town November 14 – It was moved (Roger Daniels) and seconded (Leina Smoker) to submit to the Town of Rumney our request for funds for the 2012 year in the amount of $37,730.00 to be appropriated by the town plus $3000.00 to be taken from our library endowment funds. We will also request that $5,000.00 be added to the Capital Reserve fund for the library accessibility fund. The motion was passed.
A date was not set for our next meeting.
