Library Trustees - 2/24/2016

The meeting was open at 6:25 PM with Trustees Roger Daniels, Stacie Winsor, and Lorrie Eaton, as well as Library Director Susan Turbyne, present. Lorrie Eaton moved that the minutes from October 7th, 2015 and November 30th, 2015 as well as the minutes from our telephone conference on December 29th, 2015 be accepted as read. The motion was seconded by Stacie Winsor and passed. Financial Business – Our 2015 4th Quarter ended on December 31st, 2015. We paid out $12,729.14 during the 4th Quarter leaving a balance of $0.00 as of December 31st, 2015. A letter was sent to the town office requesting funds for the 1st Quarter of 2016. We received a check for $9,920.00 and it was deposited into our checking account on January 22, 2016. We started 2015 with $5,539.22 in our checking account. Our income included $34,939.97 from the Town of Rumney, $350.00 in unanticipated income, and $0.31 in interest from Northway Bank for a total of $40,829.50. Our expenses totaled $40,829.50. Other Business • Jim Markey completed the repairs that we requested... we took a ‘walk-around’ the library to see the work that was done...the holes in the walls in the children and young adult rooms were repaired, a chase was built and painted in the stack room, the window casings on the north side of the lower lobby and the book cases were repaired, the stage floor was refinished and baseboard and stair treads were installed and old fire alarms around the library were removed and the paint touched up. We were all pleased with the quality of the work. We paid a deposit of $500.00 on 12/31/15 (check #6709) and made a second payment in the amount of $1477.99 on 12/31/16 (check #6712). The balance due is $2252.01. Lorrie Eaton moved that we pay the balance. The motion was seconded by Stacie Winsor and passed. • Carla Demler has been teaching a preschool class every other Wednesday morning and doing a great job. Susan asked if we could make a paying position available for Carla which would include the teaching, helping with extra activities, and cleaning the building. Lorrie Eaton moved that we hire Carla at $10 per hour for approximately 20 hours a month. The motion was seconded by Stacie Winsor and passed. • The bi-monthly meeting of Scrooge and Marley, a group of area library directors, will be holding their March get-together at our library on March 10th from 10 until noon. How exciting it will be to show off our library and our lovely new addition. Lorrie volunteered to set up a new display in our lobby and bring coffee, tea, and other refreshments. Stacie and Susan volunteered their husbands... Tracy – a fruit platter and Jim – blueberry muffins! • We received a proposed press release that our architect Dennis Mires would like to distribute. There were no objections to this request and Susan was asked to let Dennis know of our approval. • We talked about our upcoming town meeting to take place on March 10th at 7 PM at the Russell School. We will encourage everyone to turn out for this important meeting and support the library budget for 2016. There being no other business, the meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Susan Turbyne, Library Director