The 3rd meeting of 2023 was opened at 5:00 pm with Trustees
Lorrie Eaton, Robin Goldstein, and TJ Baumann present. Also attending was Susan
Turbyne, Library Director.
Robin moved that the minutes from our meeting on May 23rd,
2023, be approved as presented. The motion was unanimously passed. The approved
minutes will be forwarded to the town office and placed on the Rumney Library
Website.
A cash flow report for the 2nd Quarter of 2023 was
presented and discussed. Robin moved that the 2nd Quarter Cash Report be
approved as presented. TJ seconded and the motion was unanimously approved.
Susan reminded the trustees of the upcoming Trustee
Orientation Workshop being held in Concord on Monday, July 17th at
10am and encouraged everyone to attend.
Susan informed everyone that Audrey Blodgett at Charitable
Funds requires an annual report on the library trust funds. We have five trust
funds that are controlled by the library trustees and are included in our
annual town report. Robin will need to submit a copy of our annual town report
page to Audrey. Next year we should plan to do it in January. Byron G Merrill
Library also has an investment policy that we follow for our investments.
Joe Chivell had hoped to be at our meeting to report on three
maintenance projects he is working on for the library. They are:
1.
The roof – Joe is working to get bids for re-shingling
the original part of the library (not the addition) and will share the
information when he has it.
2.
The septic system – Joe is working to get all the
town buildings on schedule for cleaning out the septic tanks every two or three
years. He will let us know when the library will be scheduled.
3.
Heating Oil – Joe is collecting bids for next
season’s fuel costs and will get back to us when a decision is made.
At our last meeting we talked about upcoming events which
included the plant sale on June 10th, the book sale on June 24th, and the start
of Summer Reading on June 26th. The plant sale was fine despite the weather. We
made a little money and the plants went to good homes. The book sale was set up
inside and was most successful. Neighbors,
Molly and Richard, provided music which kept all our feet moving
and Face Painting by Maggie was a big hit! We had a good group of volunteers
that appeared to lend a hand and the last blog post with photos was our way of
saying thank you to everyone. Susan again thanked the trustees for their support.
Susan explained the need for an additional part-time employee and that Katy Gautsch is interested. The board agreed to hire Katy and Susan will begin the hiring process.
With no further business, it was agreed that we adjourn.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Turbyne, Director
