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 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 March 19, 2008:
Location - Conference Room, Macedon Town Hall, Macedon, New York
1. Vice President Moore called the regular meeting of the BOT for the MPL to order at 1:03 P.M.
2. Attendance:
Katie Read - present John Hamilton - excused
Edson Bellis - present Chuck Jefferson - present
Bill Moore - present Mert Bartels - excused
Joan Handfield - present Kim Leonard (Treasurer) - present
Heather Proctor - absent Darlene (Director) - present
Bill Hammond (Supervisor) - present
3. Secretary’s Report
- Minutes of the regular meeting of February 20, 2008, were approved. Motion by Jefferson. Second by Moore. Unanimously passed.
4. Financial Report
- Treasurer Leonard distributed copies and reviewed the financial report for February 2008. Motion by Jefferson, second by Moore to accept the Treasurer’s Report. Unanimously passed.
- Motion by Moore, second by Bellis to authorize Treasurer Leonard to pre-pay postage for the Macedon Messenger. Approved.
- Three trustees verified vouchers #43-56 inclusive. Approval was made for payment of abstract #3, March 2008, in the amount of $7691.54. Motion by Bellis, second by Jefferson. Unanimously passed.
5. Director’s Report
Director Virkler provided a Library Director’s report to the BOT on current activity and events. Highlights include:
- Circulation for February was up from that of 2007.
- Staff evaluations will be made.
- The Director must prepare a “snapshot” of the community served by the library for the advisory committee.
6. Town of Macedon Liaison Supervisor Hammond
- There was a complaint from someone about the library’s being cold. The situation was investigated with no valid reason for the complaint being found. The problem with the leaky roof is still on the agenda.
- Moore questioned Hammond about the heating. Hammond reported that it still costs less to heat the library than the Town building despite some insulation being added.
7. Old Business
Bullis Room - John Hamilton, excused
- Hammond reported in Hamilton’s absence that Kistler did the regular maintenance work last week.
Friends of the MPL - Joan Handfield, Liaison
- The Friends are looking into signage for the graphic novel corner.
- Handfield asked for and received permission from Hammond for the quilt to be hung in the library.
CRMPL finance committee, Bill Moore, Liaison
- The matching grant was received again this year.
Final preparations for the advisory committee meetings are being made.
- Moore, Read, and Jefferson volunteered to take care of the necessary preparations: food, name tags, etc.
- Moore reminded the BOT that according to Patricia Stocker’s timeline, the BOT’s task will be to review the preliminary “service responses” from the committee and write a report. The BOT will do so following an abbreviated regular meeting in April.
8. New Business - none
9. Next regular meeting: April 16, 2008, 1 P.M. at the Macedon Town Hall Conference Room, Macedon, NY.
10. Jefferson moved to adjourn at 2:25. Read seconded. Unanimously passed.
Respectfully submitted,
Joan Handfield, Secretary Macedon Public Library Board of Trustees
Macedon Public
Library
30 Main Street
Macedon, NY 14502
(315) 986-4932, Ext. 3
Page revised 03/27/08