MINUTES OF THE MEETING (Unaccepted)
July 27, 2016
Trustees of the Chazy
Public Library
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Roll Call and
Introductions: The meeting was
called to order at 5:30 pm by Debby Powers (President). Present were
Trustees: Debby Powers, Jill Beeman, Kristin McAuliffe and Gloria
LaDue. Terry Tregan was absent. Also
attending were Frances Fairchild (Director), and guest Andrew Castrantas of
Storedtech.
Public Forum
Friends Report- No Friends were present. Town wide yard sale
is this weekend, July 30.
Andrew Castrantas of Storedtech went over his proposal for
computer support.
Review of minutes for
June 29, 2016:
Motion made by Jill
to accept the minutes, seconded by Kristin, motion passed.
Treasurer's Report:
Checking acct balance as of June 30, 2016 is $80,271.91.
Motion made to
accept Treasurer's report by Jill, seconded by Gloria, motion passed.
Director' Report:
Activities ongoing.
Attendance at July events was very disappointing. Thoughts
for next year are, schedule the events during a Saturday story hour, or sponsor
the event and have them at school during school hours.
Sweet Adelines is scheduled for Wednesday, August 3.
Trustees will set up at 5:30 and
Scoop ice cream.
Correspondence:
Jill will send Harry West a thank you note for planting
flowers.
Committee Reports:
Collections – Ongoing.
Policies – Computer and internet policy needs revising to
comply with Children’s Internet Protection Act if we participate in the e-rate
grant.
Public Relations/Programs -
Property Maintenance –
Old Business:
2nd phone line for fax machine has been approved
through erate program.
Second phase of application for equipment has been complete
and waiting for approval.
Debby has been in contact with Civil Service department and
working on paperwork for that.
New Business:
Discussion on recognizing Helen Sweet for her service to the
library with a photo.
Jill will contact a family member to get one.
Discussion on whether we should participate in the POKEMON
GO craze.
Jill will contact the Peru library as it is thought they are
participating.
Motion was made
to by Jill to use Storedtech for our computer support.
Motion 2nd by Gloria. Motion passes.
Meeting was adjourned at 6:45 pm.
Next meeting, September
28 at 5:30 pm .
