Minutes of the Library
Trustees Board Meeting for
The meeting was called to
order at
Don welcomed Amy Lapointe,
the new Director, who began work on the 18th. Natasha is spending two days here to help Amy
orient herself.
A discussion relative to the
Library’s portion of the Town Budget was held.
We are up 7.2% from last year’s budget.
This is due mainly to the proposed new assistant Children’s
Librarian. Part time wages are down, but
full time wages are up in order to bring the staff into line with the rest of
the Town employees. Bob has sent in a
request for the accrued interest funds from the Trustees of the Trust
Fund. A request has gone to the Junior
Women’s Club for funds to go towards the granite circulation desk.
Treasurer’s Report: Bob Lown
reported that the budget is on track, but because we were meeting earlier in
the month he did not have the financial reports to share with us.
The gift of a still life
painting by Charlotte Boutelle was unanimously accepted.
Town Personnel Policy: Amy and
Natasha will write a front page explaining the minor differences between our
policy and the Town’s. The internet
usage policy will also be added. The
Town’s policy as amended was unanimously accepted.
Discussion was held
concerning the differences in weekend pay.
Currently workers on Sunday are paid for a full eight hours even though
they only work four hours. Ruslyn
explained to Don that originally this policy was established as an incentive
for working on Sunday. The staff prefers
set scheduling to a rotating schedule.
The Town Policy is full pay for the full forty hours of work. The Trustees voted unanimously to change the
current practice to meet the Town’s Policy where pay will reflect the hours
worked.
Buildings and Grounds:
It has been discovered that there are higher
than acceptable radon levels in the Children’s Room and the Johnson Meeting
room. By putting an exhaust fan in the
Children’s Room and fixing the existing fan in the Johnson room the problem can
be taken care of for $1700.00. The
Trustees unanimously voted to take the funds from buildings and grounds to do
this.
Robin will set up a meeting
with Pixie Lown from the Garden Club, Amy, and
herself to discuss plans for the back garden/patio area.
Dave reported that he had
attended workshop dealing with Advocacy Action Plans.
There being no further
business the meeting was adjourned at
The next meeting is Wednesday, February 23.
Respectfully submitted,
Helen D. Rowe, Secretary