Meeting of the Board of Trustees
November 16, 2010
Attending: Celeste Duffy, Nina Mazloff, Edna Sexton, Stephanie Poh, Sue Reynolds
1) Celeste, Chair, called the meeting to order at 5:05.
2) The minutes of the Oct. 7 meeting was reviewed and a motion by Edna Sexton was made to approve the minutes as written. Sue Reynolds seconded, unanimously approved.
3) No public forum.
4) Report of the Chair: Celeste and Susie Marsh discussed arrangements for a party for Jane Dutton. The date was set at Feb. 8, 2011 from 4:00 to 6:00. Susie will coordinate food and inviting members of the community. Celeste will work with the trustees to provide food.
5) Director’s Report: Jane will be taping the cable tv show on Nov. 18. Collections are being weeded and fiction and non-fiction areas are being shifted.
6) Old Business: The town manager asked for two budgets: a normal routine budget and a budget that reflected a 10% ($78,000) cut.
7) New Business: A vote was taken on including the town manager in the hiring process. Nina Mazloff made the following motion: The hiring committee will consist exclusively of the Library Board of Trustees and is consistent with a majority of the libraries in the state. This is pursuant to the statutory charge of the Board of Trustees. Stephanie Poh seconded the motion, unanimously approved.
Celeste reviewed information from previous job searches. She stressed the importance of everyone attending all meetings. The trustees will review questions asked from the 1999 job search. The job will be posted in December, trustees will sort through the resumes from Jan. 10 to 17, job interviews will be set up at the January 20 meeting. Interviews will be held January 25, 27 and February 1 and 2, 2011.
The director’s job description was updated. Stephanie Poh made a motion to approve the changes in the job description. Edna Sexton seconded the motion, unanimously approved.
- Correspondence: None
- The next meeting was scheduled for Tuesday, December 9, 2010 at 5:00
- Nina made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 6:25. Stephanie seconded it and it was unanimously approved.
Respectfully submitted,
Nina Mazloff
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