Rumney Library Trustees – Approved 9/14/2022
March 8th 2022
The 1st meeting of 2022 was opened at 5:30
PM with Trustees Roger Daniels, Lorrie Eaton, and Stacie Winsor present. Also
attending was Susan Turbyne, Library Director.
Lorrie moved that the minutes from our
meeting on November 4, 2021, be approved as presented. The motion was seconded
by Stacie and unanimously passed. The approved minutes will be forwarded to the
town office and placed on the Rumney Trustees blog.
A cash flow report for 2021 4th Quarter (October
1, 2021, thru December 31, 2021) was presented. Lorrie moved that the report be
approved. The motion was seconded by Stacie and unanimously passed. A copy of
the annual financial report completed for the Rumney Town Report was
distributed.
At our last meeting, Stacie, our board
treasurer, presented our budget request in the amount of $49,980.00 for the
year 2022. The proposed budget was accepted by the Board of Selectpersons and
is Article #19 on the 2022 Warrant and will need to be approved at town meeting
on Thursday.
At our last meeting we discussed the
furnace. On October 20th, the boiler had been inspected by Stephen C
Sawyer representing Travelers Insurance who recommended two repairs:
replacement of the water tube indicator and the pressure relief valve.
Assistant Director, Jane Kelso, contacted Pemi River Fuels and scheduled the work.
After an emergency call by Pemi Fuel, we discovered that Rob Wells, who has
worked on our furnace in recent years, has started his own business and no
longer works for Pemi Oil. The technician who arrived at the library had to
call Rob for help. At that point, we cancelled our upcoming appointment with
Pemi Fuel and had Rob come clean/service the furnace. He felt comfortable about
the state of the furnace and said that the repairs were not necessary. He will
return at the end of the season and again in September.
Our “Button Up” project is now complete. The
attic has all new insulation, sprayed and blown in and the library is already
feeling warmer. A “walkway” was built around the sky light making it easier to
clean and maintain. An access was made to get to the area above the stack room
and that area was insulated. In addition, the main floor windows were caulked
and the ceiling in the “safe” room was repaired. Shakes to Shingles
Weatherization was a great company to work with and were very easy to
communicate with. The total cost of the project came to $19,740.00. Twelve
thousand was paid in December and the remainder $7740.00 is in the mail!
It was agreed to make a
membership/donation (50.00) to the NH Preservation Alliance due to their
diligence and help when we were working on our handicap access project and a
thank you donation (10.00) and a note to an elderly gentleman in California who
sent us a postcard showing our library. It was also agreed to purchase a Dyson
cordless vac to help with our quick pickups.
There being no further business, it was
agreed that we adjourn.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Turbyne, Director
