Present:

Jane Anderson, Lee Brockmann, Karen LaRue, Kevin Bresland, Josh Goldberg, Judy Koopmann, Karen Guyette, Ed Cheever, Selectman Jon Mckeon

Absent: 

Call to order: 

7:45 p.m.

2. Secretary’s Report: 

• Feb. minutes motion by Koopmann, 2^nd by Bresland. Approved.

• Mar. minutes motion by LaRue, 2^nd Koopmann, Approved.

3. Treasurer’s Report: 

Oil budget over by $207. Anderson will contact the oil company to tell them not to fill again until fall. Mckeon suggested the level be monitored so we don’t go too low. Building maint. line questioned. Report on file.

4. Technology:

1. Tech. committee report: New equipment here. 

Library had a power surge. All the computer equipment came back up except the new monitor. Bresland reported that the licenses need to be downloaded before the hardware is installed. Cornerstone was purchased. Everything should be installed in 2 weeks.

2. Website: 

Goldberg reported that C. Waters had trouble getting into Webryders but that has been corrected & she will be working to get everything going soon.

3. Tech Plan 08/09: 

To be rewritten when all the new equipment is installed & running. Bresland mentioned the B & L Gates foundation which he has signed up for to get help with the IT project(?).

5. Policies (to work on):

1. Public and school library policy: 

Started. Starkey hasn’t ret. Anderson ’s call. Preschool learning kits are maintained at the Library. Discussed at what age kids can take out materials without their parents approval. Need to discuss again.

2. Disaster plan: 

Started. Goldberg will work on divvying it up among all of us. McKeon said the Town’s plans were available to review. He will also provide the Town’s conflict of interest policy for us to sign.

6. Old Business:

1. Election of officers: 

Chairman: Lee Brockmann; Vice Chairman: Karen LaRue; Treasure: Kevin Bresland; Secretary: Judy Koopmann with Lee Brockmann as alternate. Bresland & LaRue will sign checks as Brockmann is unable to due to her job. Motion by LaRue, 2^nd by Goldberg. Accepted by the board.

2. Alternates: 

Can vote if no quorum & they have been appointed and approved by the Selectmen. Catherine D. Weil proposed. McKeon mentioned that our bylaws might need to be revised. Anderson will check.

3. Chilis 3/27: 

Anderson applied for a grant to cover part of a SRP program. The Friends will cover the $150 needed before the grant is applied if approved

4. Vendor day: 

8-10 diff. vendors. Diff. programs that either will be capable of housing Lib. info. in-house or on the web. Coops get better rates but we aren’t sure we need to rush into changing Winnebago. The State Lib. is helping to organize and get deals. The School has Alexandra & it likes it. Anderson will get more info. We should get more info & know what program we would like by fall to get it into the budget process. We discussed Galluccio keeping our current program working for the time being. It needs to be put on the summer addenda.

7. New Business:

1. Missing money:

Anderson reported that about $45 has been missing at the Library. She contacted Chief Fairbanks. Door locks & cabinet locks to be changed. Cabinet needs to be repaired. It was suggested that a lock box be bought. In the future Anderson is to call Chief of Police immediately if any money is missing. Bresland made the motion, LaRue 2^nd. Approved.

2. Painting project: 

Next month we will walk around the building to review what has to be done. Goldberg will ask Mr. Osier(?) for an estimate to paint. McKeon will bring us a C.S.I. format.

3. Memorial money: 

Motion to accept another $100 in memory of Barbara Morro by Bresland, 2^nd by Brockmann. Approved.

4. May meetings/conferences: 

5/20-21, Librarian’s meeting in Concord .

5. Volunteer week/recognition: 

5/3. Cookies, punch, tomato & basil plants.

8. Friend’s Group report/programs:

1. Annual meeting/plant swap: 

5/9 at 6:30pm. Carl Majawski from UNH Coop Extension will speak.

2. National Libraries Week/giveaways: 

4/14-4/19.

9. Other: 

Discussed the contract for the furnace- $360 with H Winn & Sons. Goldberg discussed the power serge. Are our lines a problem/inside the Lib. or outside? He discussed the problem with an electrician familiar with computers and he suggested that everything be checked including the service into the Lib. Cheever suggested putting in a whole building power strip at the input source. Goldberg will ask Mike Sommers to check the electricity and get an estimate on the surge protector.

 McKeon brought up the subject of bonus and evaluation process. He will bring the forms the town uses to the next meeting.

10. Public comment: 

None

11. Adjourn: 

9:18 pm.

NEXT MEETING at 7:30 on May, 20. If you can’t make it please call the Library.

Respectfully submitted by,
Lee Brockmann

1. Anderson will contact the oil company to tell them not to fill again until fall. We need to discuss how to pay for the Oct. – Dec. oil if we are already overbought.

2. McKeon will also provide the Town’s conflict of interest policy for us to sign.

3. Our bylaws might need to be revised to allow alternates. Anderson will check.

4. Review update/replace Winnebago this summer discussion.

5. Next month we will walk around the building to review what has to be done. Goldberg will ask Mr. Osier(?) for an estimate to paint. McKeon will bring us a C.S.I. format.

7. Goldberg will ask Mike Sommers to check the electricity and get an estimate on the surge protector.

8. McKeon will bring the bonus and evaluation forms the town uses to the next meeting.

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