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