Brown Memorial Library Trustees
Meeting Minutes, Wednesday October 5, 2016
The board meeting for the Trustees of Brown Memorial Library was called to order at 6:05 p.m.
In attendance were : Patty Furness, Nola Jordan, Annette Leonas, Connie Scheffy, Mary Chris Duncan, Sandy Wadlington and Meg Fearnley.
1. The secretary’s report was presented. A motion was made and passed to accept the report.
2. The treasurer’s report was presented. The library received donations in the amount of $976.05 broken down as follows: $92.05 from the on-going book sale, $375.00 from general donations, $167.00 from the Labor Day book sale, and $342.00 from a previous book sale. A motion was made and passed to accept the donations.
We continue to await the remainder of our appropriation from the town. This is slated to occur when the town is reimbursed by the state for bridge work on Breezy Hill Road.
A motion was made and passed to accept the treasurer’s report.
3. The librarian’s report indicated that September was a bit quiet overall, numbers were down, but that this is consistent with previous years.
4. Old Business. We will do a comparison of librarian wages in the upcoming weeks for both the Library director and support staff. Our focus will be on Central NH libraries of similar size and collections.
An electrician will be coming to trade out a few non-functioning fluorescent lights with LED lights. Thank you Annette for arranging this.
5. New Business. Nola presented her 2017 budget request. Most things are the same from previous years. The library continues to have higher paid employees mixed in with lower paid employees. Overall, expenses are 0.8% over last year’s request, which is great! There were concerns expressed regarding salaries. The salary levels may affect future hiring. Hence the comparison of library wages discussed above.
The next book discussion will occur on October 19 at 7:p.m. The novella The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin will be the subject. Copies of the book should be available next week at the circulation desk.
Halloween is on a Monday this year. The library will be open and following tradition, books will be handed out until 8:00 p.m.
Sandy will talk to Andy Speigel from Granite State Solar concerning possibilities for the library.
The next trustee meeting will be held on November 2, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:40 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Minutes taken by Sandy Wadlington
Typed by Connie Scheffy, secretary