MINUTES OF THE MEETING (Accepted)
July 22, 2015
Trustees of the Chazy
Public Library
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Roll Call and
Introductions: The meeting was
called to order at 5:35pm by George Brendler (President). Present were
Trustees: George Brendler, Debby Powers, Jill Beeman, Kristen
McAuliffe and Terry Tregan. Also,
attending were Frances Fairchild (Director) and Rae McAuliffe (FOL).
Motion was made by Debby, 2nd by Kristen to nominate
Terry Tregan for election
to fill the unexpired
position left open by the resignation of Tammy Braun. Motion passed.
Terry signed her oath of office and George filed it.
Public Forum
Friends of the
Library Report:
Town wide garage sale
is planned for July 25. The Friends will not be hosting a table
at Chazy Old Homes
Day this year.
Review of minutes for
June 24, 2015:
Motion made by Kristen to accept the minutes, seconded by Debby, motion
passed.
Treasurer's Report:
Checking acct balance as of May 31, 2015 is $64,820.92.
Motion made to
accept Treasurer's report by Jill, seconded by Kristen, motion passed.
Motion was made
by Jill, seconded by Terry, To give John Brendler $300 for IT work.
Motion was passed.
The gazebo and storage shed will be added to our insurance
policy.
Director' Report:
Activities ongoing.
Attendance to events has been disappointing.
There have been requests to have children’s yoga on a
regular basis. Kristen is working
on this for the Fall.
Motion was made by Debby, seconded by Kristen to purchase Clean
Slate Maintenance software for $335.93. This is a one year subscription that is
installed on all computers.
Correspondence:
Jill will send a Thank you note to the Girl Scouts for
planting flowers on the property.
We turned down the Community Service request from the
Probation Dept as the person
never contacted us.
We received a notice from CEFLS that we will receive Senator
Betty Little $2500 “bullet aid. We have
tagged this money to purchase a new computer for the Children’s area.
Committee Reports:
Collections - Ongoing.
Policies – Updates were prepared by George and given
to all Trustees for Volunteer policy and Disaster Response Team list.
Public Relations/Programs -
Larry Ebere, July 23, 6:30. Weather permitting. Free
Town wide garage sale/Book sale, July 25.
Bob Clark, book signing. Aug 1.
Sweet Adelines/Straw Hatters/Ice Cream Social, Aug 6, 6pm.
Rain date Aug 7. ($200)
Property Maintenance –
Some minor repairs that need to be done. We will check with
the school’s Key Club and
National Honor Society to see if they are interested in
tackling any of these as a Community Service Project.
Old Business:
Small refrigerator was donated by the Beeman family for
upstairs.
Long range plan updated by Debby and Jill was posted.
New Business:
Meeting was adjourned at 6:19pm.
Next meeting,
September 23 at 5:30 .
Respectfully submitted,
Jill Beeman
Secretary
