GALE LIBRARY TRUSTEE MEETING MINUTES
DATE: May 14, 2008
PLACE: Gale Library
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL: Marilyn Landry, chairperson; Carol Szot,
treasurer; Terry Caswell, library director;
Sally Woodman, secretary; Kathy Meserve,
Friend’s of the Library, president; Irene
Nally, Friend of the Library
SECRETARY’S REPORT: Read and accepted.
LIBRARY DIRECTOR’S REPORT: Read and accepted.
TREASURER’S REPORT: Read and accepted.
COMMUNICATION and CORRESPONDANCE:
- An article from the Eagle Tribune’s May 5th edition was
brought to our attention. It addressed the recent vandalism
at the library.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
- Terry acquired a quote of $1198.09 to renovate the e-room.
This room is in the children’s’ section. Thanks to the generosity
of the Suraci family we will be able to go forward with the
renovation. A motion to go ahead with renovation was made,
seconded, and passed unanimously.
- A quote for repairing the damaged vinyl siding came in at $550 for labor and $250 for materials making it a total of $800.00. A decision
on this will be addressed at our June meeting.
- The carpet cleaning issue will be postponed to our September
meeting.
- A quote of $450 was acquired for 5 cement blocks. Terry spoke with the road agent, Michael Pivero, about this matter. He felt 3 blocks would be adequate. Mr. Pivero will speak with the selectmen to clarify questions about this issue. We will revisit the matter at our
June meeting.
The vote to give the library director a 5% wage increase and
a 2 ½% raise for the staff was unanimous.
NEW BUSINESS:
- The Twilight Cleaning Service started on May 8, 2008. The cost
will be $30.00 per week. This service also does the
Town Hall and the Police Station.
- We would like to express our gratitude to Julie Fontaine and
Dionne McKay from Timberland for their time and effort in sprucing
up the outside of the library.
- Marilyn brought in the New Hampshire Library Associations
announcement concerning a workshop to be held in Bow, N.H.
at the Pease Public Library. Marilyn and Sally plan on attending.
- The position of Library Assistant has been filled by Cathy Breslin.
- The Trustee’s attended a workshop in Seabrook. The topic
was, “Connecting with Teens”. We all found it both interesting and
Informative. Numerous ideas were exchanged during the
meeting. We discussed those ideas and plan to do further
research on this subject.
- The policies addressing, Library Rules of Behavior,
Circulation, and Smoking were discussed at length. We will
continue our discussions at our June 11th meeting.
ADJOURNMENT: 11:00 A.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Sally Woodman
Trustee secretary
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