GALE LIBRARY
Board of Trustee Meeting Minutes
DATE: May 10, 2006
PLACE: Gale Library
TIME: 9:00a.m.
CALL TO ORDER: 9:03a.m.
ROLL CALL: Carol Szot, treasurer; Marilyn Landry, chair; Sally
Woodman, secretary; Beverly Batchelder, alt.
Terry Caswell, director, Irene Nally, Friends of
Library
SECRETARY'S REPORT: Read and accepted.
LIBRARY DIRECTOR'S REPORT: Read and accepted.
Terry informed us of an incident involving the misuse of library
equipment. The incident was logged into the library files.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Read and accepted.
Carol explained some of the changes she and the auditors felt were needed since the town had taken over the payment of employee wages.
COMMUNICATIONS and CORRESPONDANCE: none
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Carol acquired information, relating to the American Disabilities Act,
we feel needs to be incorporated in to the present policy. A motion was made and accepted to include it.
The three trustees attended the New Hampshire State Trustee's conference held in Concord on April 26, 2006. Each trustee attended several different workshops and recapped them.
The areas covered were: a. dealing with human resources, b. fund raising, basically for new or renovated facilities, c. policy updating methods, d. how library monies and tangible gifts should be handled, e. handling the possible catastrophes that might affect our library, and f. technological intrusion that can be experienced by libraries today.
It was decided we needed to address policy reviews and/or updating at each meeting to keep them current.
NEW BUSINESS:
Terry informed us of a sewerage problem that occurred on May 9th.
She called for an assessment of the problem and discovered it was in the septic system. The system was then cleaned out.
The need of a new oil tank and a storage facility (shed) for the trash barrels was discussed. Terry will be looking into solutions for these problems.
ADJOURNMENT: 10:50a.m.
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