Brown Memorial Library Trustee’s Meeting Feb. 13th 2019. Meeting began at 6:00 PM.
In attendance: Seth Benowitz, Patty Furness, Annette Leonas, Nola Jordan, Connie Sheffey, Sandy Wadlington
- A motion to accept the secretary’s report for January 2019 was presented and accepted.
2. The treasurer’s report was presented. All is on par. Electric bill a bit higher than normal, probably due to heaters running. Nola (accompanied by many trustees) presented the budget for 2019 to the Budget Committee. It was accepted and increased by 300 dollars to cover anticipated additional fuel cost for heating oil. A motion to accept Treasurer’s report was presented and passed.
3. Librarian’s report was not presented as Ellen Barselle was not in attendance.
4. Old Business: Seth spoke about the LED lighting conversion project. He has given up on working with Tom Bradford (the electrician) because Mr. Bradford does not return emails or calls, and missed a few deadlines. Seth has lined up Paul Flinkstrom to do the work. Seth will order a minimum package of bulbs and he and Paul will work on the installation. Nola asked we authorize the expenditure for the 20 bulbs ($129.20), which we did. If these bulbs work (and we are confident they will), we will order more (up to 8o bulbs, or 4 more packages). Seth and Paul will begin the process on Feb 14th.
5. Sandy mentioned the upcoming book and plant sale (July 4th weekend), and that Janet Sillars will not be there as the plant expert. Sandy volunteered, and will read up between now and then.
Motion to adjourn was passed at 6:45 PM.
Respectfully submitted,