Library Trustees - 10/4/17

The third meeting of 2017 was opened at 6:30 PM with Trustees Roger Daniels, Lorrie Eaton, and Stacie Winsor as well as Library Director, Susan Turbyne, present. Lorrie Eaton moved that the minutes from our second meeting on March 6th 2017 be accepted. The motion was seconded by Stacie Winsor and passed. The approved minutes will be forwarded to the town office and placed on the Rumney Trustees blog. A financial report was distributed showing expenses in the amount of $21,685.51 for the current year. A letter requesting funds in the amount of $10,477.25 for the 4th quarter will be sent to the selectmen. A proposed budget for 2018 was distributed and was followed by some discussion. It was agreed to increase some of the hourly rates as of September 1st, 2017. More discussion will take place at our next meeting. We received a request from the Rumney Planning Board to update our Capital Improvement requests. We will discuss this at our next meeting. Lorrie Eaton moved that we proceed with our Merrill Hall lighting project. The work will be done by AES Electric at a cost of $2,000.00 and the lamps and light bulbs will be ordered from Amazon at a cost of $689.81. The motion was seconded by Stacie Winsor and passed. Work will begin immediately. It was agreed to continue our discussion next Wednesday, October 11th, at 6:30 PM. Respectfully submitted, Susan Turbyne, Library Director

Rumney Library Trustees - 3/6/2017

The meeting was opened at 6:30 PM with Trustees Roger Daniels and Stacie Winsor, and Library Director Susan Turbyne, present. Also attending was Carla Demler. Lorrie Eaton was absent. Roger Daniels moved that the minutes from November 2, 2016 and January 8, 2017 be accepted as read. The motion was seconded by Stacie Winsor and passed. The approved minutes will be forwarded to the town office. Financial Business – Roger Daniels moved that the 2016 Financial Report be accepted as read. The motion was seconded by Stacie Winsor and passed. We reviewed our 2017 expenses to date. Roger Daniels moved that we pay half ($163.99) of the purchase of an Epsom VS240 SVGA 3LCD Projector which we will share with the Rumney Historical Society. This projector will be used for power point presentations as well as showing movies in Merrill Hall. The motion was seconded by Stacie Winsor and passed. Russell School Grant – Russell School received a grant this year to finance the after school program. Our library is involved with the grant and some of the activities so will receive some funding to support our children’s programming. Carla Demler listed some of the items we hope to acquire: tables and chairs for the preschoolers, a craft cart for storing supplies, and a Lego Brick Lab for our older children. The trustees were enthusiastic in their support. Merrill Hall – We are anxious to continue work on Merrill Hall with the funds we have set aside and shared ideas on the next steps. We all agree that lighting is next and we will move forward with selecting an electrician. Respectfully submitted, Susan Turbyne, Library Director