Agenda for 9/21/15 Trustees Meeting

September 8, 2015

 

Morrill Memorial and Harris Library Board of Trustees Meeting 

Monday, September 21, 2015, 7:00 PM

 

Agenda

Any items to add or remove?

 

Secretary's Report

* Review and approve minutes from the June meeting

 

Librarian's Report

* New scanner

* After school program updates

* Grants

 

Friends' Report

* Little Library

* Annual Meeting

 

Treasurer's Report

* Review Profit and Loss statement

 

Other Business

* Town House Forum

* Will - items belonging to the library

* One Card

* Drop box

* Basement findings

* Front steps and masonry work

* Vacuum repair

* Handicap sign

* Policy review

 

August and September Monthly Duties

* Buildings and Grounds Inspection

 

Minutes of August Trustees Meeting

August 26, 2015

Minutes, August 18, 2015

Present: Rebecca Seibel, Curt Albee, Rebecca Seibel, Cindy Binzen, Rachel Kurland, Carol Wilson, Miriam Newman, Cindy Stableford, Marty Frank

Minutes from the June meeting were adopted.

Librarian’s Report:

Scanner: The new one is now hooked up, but the jury is still out on whether it’s a keeper. It has to be held exactly so to read bar codes, but that may be a good thing because it will slow people down and reduce the number of checkout errors.

Summer Progr...


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September Trustee Meeting Date Change

August 24, 2015
The September meeting of the MM&HL Trustees will be on Monday, September 21, 2015.

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August 18, 2015 Trustee Meeting Agenda

August 13, 2015

Morrill Memorial and Harris Library Board of Trustees Meeting 

Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 7:00 PM

 

Agenda

Any items to add or remove?

 

Secretary's Report

* Review and approve minutes from the June meeting

 

Librarian's Report

* New scanner

* Summer program updates

* Invasives - John Echeverria

* Stairs - Dave Taplin

 

Friends' Report

* Little Library

* July 4th Book Sale

 

Treasurer's Report

* Review Profit and Loss statement

 

Other Business

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Trustee Meeting Date Changes

June 12, 2015
Warning
The July 13, 2015 meeting of the trustees has been cancelled. The August 10, 2015 meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday, August 18, 2015. The August meeting agenda will include revisions to the bylaws.

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Proposed revision to trustees' bylaws

June 11, 2015
At their June meeting, the library trustees voted to make several changes to their bylaws. 
Below are the proposed revised bylaws with the proposed revisions in bold. The trustees invite public comment in advance of the August 18 meeting, at which they will vote on adopting them. 

Morrill Memorial and Harris Library

Board of Trustees Bylaw  

Article 1: Duties of the Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees (herein called “the Board”) as a body:

            1. Will select a librarian and ...


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Minutes for Trustees' June Meeting

June 11, 2015

Minutes for June 8, 2015

Present: Cindy Binzen, Rachel Kurland, Miriam Newman, Carol Wilson, Cindy Stableford (for the Friends), Curt Albee, Marty Frank, Rebecca Seibel, Besty Ruml (for the Library Investment Committee).

Library Investment Committee: By way of explaining proposed changes to the committee’s rules of operation, Betsy said that investment decisions had for many years been made with the guidance of the Plunketts, particularly Kevin. In anticipation of Kevin’s inevitab...


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June 8, 2015 Trustee Meeting Agenda

June 4, 2015

Morrill Memorial and Harris Library Board of Trustees Meeting 

Monday, June 8, 2015, 7:00 PM


Agenda

Any items to add or remove?


Kerry Claffey

* MM&HL taxes


Betsy Rummell and John Hawkins

* Endowment


Secretary's Report

* Review and approve minutes from the May meeting


Librarian's Report

* New scanner

* Story time and after school program updates and summer plans

* Water testing

* Workshop on June 19


Friends' Report

* Little Library

* July 4th Book Sale


Treasurer's Repo...


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May 2015 Trustees Minutes

May 19, 2015

Draft Minutes, May 11, 2015

Present: Rebecca Seibel, Anni Praetorius, Carol Wilson, Marty Frank, Cindy Binzen, Curt Albee, Rachel Kurland, Miriam Newman

Minutes from the April meeting were adopted.

Librarian’s Report:

Rebecca said the after-school program is going well and will end May 28. She and Emily hope to visit Newton school one morning in June to talk about the summer program, which will run from July 6 to August 10.  With support from the Friends, the program will i...


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MM & HL Investment Committee Minutes 5/13/15

May 15, 2015

Morrill Memorial and Harris Library Investment Committee

Minutes of May13, 2015 Meeting

 

Present:  Cindy Stableford, Betsy Ruml, John Hawkins, Gretchen Rittenhouse,  Rachel Kurland

 

Rachel Kurland, Treasurer of the Library Trustees, will be serving on the Committee as the Board representative.

 

Minutes of January 20, 2015 approved.

 

Rachel provided the Library Board report:

1.     On target financially (except for snow removal), so no cash needs from the endo...


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The Board of Trustees meets on the second Monday of each month at 7:00 pm at the library.

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