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Library Trustees - 10/26/2020

 

Rumney Library Trustees – Approved 5/17/2021

October 26, 2020

 

The 3rd meeting of 2020 was opened at 5:30 PM with Trustees Roger Daniels, Lorrie Eaton, and Stacie Winsor present. Also attending was Susan Turbyne, Library Director.

 

Lorrie Eaton moved that the minutes from our meeting on June 19th 2020 be approved as presented. 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.

 

Cash flow report for 2020 2nd Quarter (April 1 2020 thru June 30 2020) and 3rd Quarter (July 1 2020 thru September 30 2020) were presented. Lorrie Eaton moved that the reports be approved. The motion was seconded by Stacie Winsor and passed.

 

Stacie presented and reviewed our budget request for 2021. Lorrie moved that the budget request be approved. The motion was seconded by Stacie and passed.

 

Susan updated us on operations…Coronavirus has affected life at this library. Since March, “Porch-side” pick up was put in place and visits “by appointment” were added late spring…both have been well received. At this time, at the request of our patrons and with the awareness of our comfort level, we plan to continue our abbreviated hours without appointments. The two day schedule will give us time to deep clean and quarantine our books between open days. Looking ahead through the holidays, we plan to be closed on the Saturdays following Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s. In order to keep the Rumney community up to date on our procedures and happenings, each week we put together a “This Week at the Library” page which is sent to the Plymouth Record, sent as an email to our patrons, added to our blog and displayed at the front of the library.

 

Susan asked to speak about the fire alarm system which has been malfunctioning.

Discussions have involved David Coursey (Rumney Fire Chief). Bob McNaughton (Independent Systems Distributors Inc provider of the equipment) and Kevin Peters (AES Electric who installed the system). We have received a quote from Independent Systems to replace the batteries and reprogram the box in the amount of $2,803.36. Stacie will do some research as to our options and will report back.

 

Tom Wallace arrived to fill us in on his research concerning our need for a new heating system. There seems to be a consensus that we should change from steam to a hot water system and the next step will be to put together a warrant article for the March 2021 Town Meeting for funding approval. Tom and Charlie Buckley, a resident engineer, will work on this.

·         In addition we are studying cost saving ways to improve our insulation in the attic and on the stairway to the attic in order that we may save on heating bills. Also of concern are the skylights.

·         As we move forward, we are also interested in a cooling system.

Once costs are estimated for these projects, we will meet again and define the scope of the project.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Susan Turbyne, Library Director

                                                                                              

 

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