Minutes from February 9, 2011
The Board Meeting for the Trustees of Brown Memorial Library was called to order at 6:00 p.m.
Attendance: Patty Furness, Lorraine MacLeod, Bea Howe, Joan Perry + Wilbur, Rod Jones, Meg Fearnley, Nola Jordan.
Also sitting in on the meeting were Connie Scheffy and Garry Kalajian.
1. The Secretary’s Report was accepted as presented.
2. A motion was made and passed to accept gifts and donations to Brown Memorial Library in January in the amount of $189.14, and the Treasurer’s Report was accepted as presented. Bea explained that at this time of year we normally run a deficit budget with the town advancing us funds from money that it borrows against future taxes. But in order to ease the situation for the town, the Trustees passed a motion authorizing the Treasurer to borrow money from our Special Projects Fund instead. We will reimburse the fund when we receive our appropriation in June.
3. The Librarian’s Report was presented and discussed. January included one holiday and one snow day but our numbers are still pretty good.
4. There was no Old Business.
5. Under New Business, Meg brought up the question of whether or not we need to have the roof shoveled. She had spoken to the previous librarian who said that she had not experienced any problems. No problems have been detected this year either, but to be safe, Bea will ask Mike to check in the attic to see if he can find any areas of concern. Lorraine mentioned that there are some alternatives to shoveling that could be tried as well. .
The next meeting will be Wednesday, March 2, at 6:00 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Nola Jordan
Secretary