MINUTES OF THE MEETING (Accepted)
July 24 , 2014
Trustees of the Chazy
Public Library
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Roll Call and
Introductions: The meeting was
called to order at 5:31 by George Brendler (President). Present were Trustees:
George Brendler, Debby Powers, Tammy Braun and Jill Beeman. Kristen McAuliffe
was excused for vacation. Also,
attending were Frances Fairchild (Director) and Rae McAuliffe (FOL).
Public Forum
Friends of Library report: Everything is in place for
Saturday's (26th) Town Wide garage sale. FOL plans on having a table at
Sunday's (27th) Old Homes Day. They are
trying to organize a book sale for the Fall.
Review of minutes for
June 26, 2014:
Debby Powers moved to accept minutes, seconded by Tammy
Braun.
Treasurer's Report:
Checking acct balance as of June 30, 2014 is $ 60,607.28
Motion to accept Treasurer's report by Tammy Braun, seconded
by Jill Beeman.
Debby made note that
we have only received $500 from Granger, we are waiting for an additional
$1000.
Director' Report:
Summer reading camp and Story Crafters have been well
attended. Future programming
was discussed. Francie will attend CEF meeting in October,
hopefully Kristen and
Tammy will be able to attend as well.
Correspondence:
New note cards have arrived.
George sent a Thank you note to the CCRS school board and
Superintendant for
the musical event at the gazebo in May. Pictures were sent
to Norman Laurin.
Committee Reports
Programs - Programs and activities were discussed. Attendance
at some programs
have been disappointing. Sweet Adelines was well attended.
Many outdoor events scheduled for August.
Policy - New trustee and contact list was given to
each trustee for their handbooks.
Kindle policy still being developed.
Public Relations - George will be giving Nancy Vesco
information to put in the school's newsletter . Still working on the Community
report. Discussion about creating a list
of emails to be used for publicity of events. Tammy has
volunteered to work on this.
Property Maintenance - Dale Anderson cleaned Dr.
Clark's clock and it is working
beautifully. Jill will send Dale a Thank you. We may not
bother with the river water
pump at this time.
Old Business:
George and Kristen interviewed Judy Bergeron as a candidate
for substitute.
We will use her as needed.
The weathervane was installed on the library by Alan Duprey.
Jill will send Alan
a Thank you.
The insurance policy
was reviewed. It was noted that we should request certificates of
insurance from any contractors that do work on the property.
Debby purchased Styluses for the Kindles.
Jeff Higgins was given keys as a first responder.
New Business:
The time management log was reviewed. The director will
start using it in August.
Options for a sandwich board to be used for publicity were
looked at. We decided
to wait until the Presbyterian Church orders theirs. We will
see what it looks like
and decide what will work best for us then.
Meeting was adjourned at 6:55
Next meeting September 25, 2014
Respectfully submitted,
Jill Beeman
Secretary
