30 Main Street, Macedon NY 14502
Macedon Public Library
30 Main Street, Macedon NY 14502
Macedon Public Library Board of Trustees
Meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 1:00 p.m. in the Conference Room at the Macedon Town Hall. For more information, please call (315) 986-5932, Ext. 3 (Library)
Minutes for the meeting of July 18, 2007:
President Bartels called the regular meeting of the BOT for the Macedon Public Library to order at 1:03 P.M.
Attendance: Trustees, Manager, Treasurer
Katie Read - present John Hamilton - present
Ed Bellis - present Chuck Jefferson - present
Abbe Harbol - excused Mert Bartels - present
Bill Moore - present Stacey Perez - excused
Joan Handfield - present Kim Leonard - excused
Darlene Virkler - present Bill Hammond - present
Secretary’s Report
Minutes of the regular meeting of June 20, 2007, were approved. Motion by Moore. Second by Read. Unanimously passed.
President Bartels read a letter of resignation from Trustee Perez whose term expires in December 2007. Trustee Moore will contact Heather Proctor, a new resident who expressed in interest in being a BOT member.
Financial Report
Copies of the financial report were reviewed. Motion by Hamilton and second by Jefferson to accept the Treasurer’s report. Unanimously approved.
Three trustees verified vouchers #102-114 inclusive. Approval was made for payment of abstract #6, June 2007, in the amount of $5,807.36. Motion by Jefferson and second by Hamilton. Unanimously passed.
Director’s Report
Director Virkler provided a Library Director’s Report to the BOT on current activity and events. Highlights discussed were:
· Circulation is down a little.
· Summer reading program sign up is down a little but traffic is still high.
· Two new employees are working out well.
Town of Macedon Liaison Supervisor Hammond - no report
Open Discussion
Moore asked Hammond about insurance. Town will pay additional cost to cover enlarged contents of library building.
Virkler asked Hamilton about sandwich board signs. Under Town discussion is a scrolling sign.
Old Business
Bullis Room - John Hamilton
Solar film was put on the windows of the Bullis Room on July 5. Newark Historical Society returned two books. The value of the collection has increased by $4887.06 due to repair to the books.
Hamilton would like to know if any of the Bullis family is still alive. Read reported that Jim Bush might be able to assist. June Hamell will try to contact him.
Friends of the MPL - Joan Handfield
The Friends continue to work on the quilt. The Harry Potter drawing is Saturday. Moore asked Hammond if there would be room in the Town Barns for books to be stored. No answer to this problem at this time.
CRMPL Committee- Bill Moore
$4,900 has been sent in response to the latest appeal. The committee is soliciting proposals for grants.
Other Business
Moore reported that winning the Literacy Grant will result in the MPL having to provide storage for materials, a learner/tutor room, and an hour a week of the director’s time for a meeting. This program will make it easy for people to become literacy tutors. The grand opening of the program will be in March or April 2009.
Read continued discussion of the BOT survey.
Read reported that Pat Stocker used a grant to create the long range goal document for the Palmyra library. Read will ask Stocker to attend a MPLBOT meeting to discuss a possible long range goal plan.
New Business
Moore reviewed the MPL data from the PLS 2007 packet. A budget meeting will follow the August 15 regular meeting of the BOT.
The next regular meeting of the BOT of the MPL is August 15, 2007, at the Macedon Town Hall Conference Room, Macedon, NY.
Hamilton moved to adjourn at 2:35 P.M. Moore seconded. Unanimous.
Respectfully submitted,
Joan Handfield, Secretary BOT
Macedon Public
Library
30 Main Street
Macedon, NY 14502
(315) 986-4932, Ext. 3
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