Macedon Public Library
30 Main Street, Macedon NY 14502

     
     

Macedon Public Library Board of Trustees 

Meetings are held on the third 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 August 15, 2007:

Location - Conference Room, Macedon Town Hall, Macedon, New York 

     1.  Vice President Moore called the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees for the Macedon Public Library to order at 1:05 P.M.

  1. Attendance: Trustees, Manager, Director Presenter: Patricia Stocker

Katie Read - present                 John Hamilton - present

Ed Bellis - present                     Chuck Jefferson - exc.

Abbe Harbol - exc.                   Mert Bartels - exc.

Bill Moore - present                  Kim Leonard - exc.

Joan Handfield - present            Bill Hammond - exc.

Darlene Virkler - present

  1. Secretary’s Report

     4.   Financial Report

  • Copies of the financial report for July were distributed by Virkler. Motion by Read and second by Hamilton to accept the Treasurer’s report. Unanimously passed.

  • Three trustees verified vouchers #115-128 inclusive. Approval was made for payment of abstract #7, July, 2007, in the amount of $3547.88. Motion by Hamilton. Second by Bellis. Unanimously approved.

  1. Director’s Report  

Director Virkler provided a Library’s Director’s Report to the BOT on current activities and events. Highlights discussed were:

  • Circulation in June was the highest ever.

  • Currently PLS plans to do the Sirsi upgrade on Oct. 22. Discussion as to whether the library will remain open or closed during this time followed.

  •  Results of the recent electronic poll the Rochester Ad Council did for PLS:

  1. Town of Macedon Liaison Supervisor Hammond- no report
     
  1. Open Discussion
  1. Old Business
     

        Bullis  Room – John Hamilton, Liaison

  • Hamilton stated that the Kistler maintenance contract needs to be more specific as to when they are coming and as to the fact that they need to bring their own tools, etc., with them.

  • A better scanner is needed for photos.

         Friends of the MPL- Joan Handfield

  • The Friends have completed one outreach project - books for soldiers - and are working on another for large print books and books on tape for Parkwood.  Handfield will check on a photo from the Harry Potter event for submission to newspapers, etc.

         Long Range Goals - Mert Bartels  - No report

         CRMPL - Bill Moore

  • Three grant applications have been received.

         Self-Evaluation Survey - Katie Read

  • The Board is split almost in half on some issues.

         Value of Library Contents for Insurance Purposes - Bill Moore

  • Bullis Room- approximately $250,000

  • Rest of the Collection- approximately $750,000

  • Accessories (shelves, etc.) approximately $100,000

  • Currently insured at $300,000

  • Moore will discuss this issue with Supervisor Hammond.

  1. New Business

  •  The new Macedon Messenger will not contain any articles from the Board.

  • Pat Stocker did a brief presentation on long range planning: “New Planning for Results.” This is a planning model from PLS which Stocker has used to help 10 libraries, four of which are in Wayne County. This project will be placed on the agenda for discussion at the next meeting.

  1. The next regular meeting of the Board will be September 19, 2007, at 1 p.m. in the Macedon Town Hall Conference Room, Macedon, NY.
     
  1. Moore moved to adjourn at  2:40 P.M. Read seconded.

         Respectfully submitted,

         Joan Handfield, Secretary for the MPLBOT
 

Macedon Public Library
30 Main Street
Macedon, NY 14502
(315) 986-4932, Ext. 3

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