01/2007
CHESTERFIELD LIBRARY TRUSTEES MEETING
JANUARY 16, 2007
CHESTERFIELD, NH

Present:

   

Jean Hanson , Lee Brockmann, Kate Stohr, Jane Anderson , Eva Wilson,  Amanda Fryberger , Kevin Bresland (by cell phone, thank you), Karen LaRue

Absent:

  1. Nelson Fegley & Neil Jenness made a presentation of the proposed Town/Police Office building.

  1. Call to order:  

8:25 p.m. 

  1. Secretary’s Report:  

Due to time constraints, tabled until next meeting.

  1. Treasurer’s Report: 

We under spent last year’s budget by $400+.  Tabled to next month. 

  1. Technology:

  1. Tech/computers

  1. New router:

Both tabled until next month

  1. Policies

  1. Personnel Policies: 

Feb

  1. Technology plan 2007-2008:  

Tabled until Feb

  1. Old Business:

  1. Endowment brochure:  

Tabled until Feb.

  1. Adjust Budget/salaries:  

The adjusted budget was presented to the Budget Committee recently and they requested that we readjust it. Fryberger called Bresland on speaker phone & we discussed the budget & salaries. Bresland’s email (to be put on file) was read & discussed. We came to a consensus that we wanted to raise the Director’s & Children’s librarian’s salaries in increments instead of all at once. Brockmann reported that the Budget Committee wanted to keep the budgets to about a 4% increase. Fryberger adjusted some figures, she & Anderson redid the budget spreadsheet & the budget was accepted by all.

  1. Other

  1. Discussed:

Judy Idelkope’s suggestion to the School Board & rumor around town that the School & Town Libraries be combined.  She is asking for a warrant article re same to be presented at the Town Meeting. LaRue discussed the VT research into the Economic Value of Public Libraries.

  1. Fryberger said that the Brownies wanted to do a Video/DVD drive & donate them to the Library. We agreed to accept them. 

  1. Brockmann suggested that we buy a flash drive for Russell to download bookkeeping files to move them from the Library computer to her home computer & for off site storage. Agreed. 

  1. Brockmann asked Anderson to have Russell put an announcement in the Sentinel Bulletin Board re Monday morning Story Time & her Saturday Story Hour. 

  1. Friend’s Group report:  

Authors’ contest ends 1/31/07.  Author Archer Mayer will present at the March awards.

  1. Adjourn:   

9:45 pm

NEXT MEETING AT 7:30 ON February 20th at 7:30.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lee Brockmann, Secretary  

Action Items: 

  1. We will address all the items on this month’s agenda next month. 

  2. We need to review the personnel policies. 

  3. Fryberger will email budget to Carrier. 

  4. Stohr will contact Bucknell re when he, she, LaRue & Brockmann can meet to discuss the Endowment fund.

  5. Technology group will meet & report.

  6. Anderson to have Russell put an announcement in the Sentinel Bulletin Board re Monday morning Story Time & her Saturday Story Hour.

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