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Meeting October 20, 2011; Minutes
In attendance: Rownak Hussain, June Harris, Stan Pulnick, John Belger. Missing:
Marie Eldrige, Mike McNamara.
Meeting commenced, chaired by John Belger. Belger, who presented an Agenda
attached by reference.
Those in attendance agreed to approval of September minutes. John Belger asked
June Harris to amend minutes of 7/21/2011 meeting.
Stan discussed update of repair to current library facility and presented a summary of
items to be addressed going forward.
Discussion turned next to goals. Engaged in conversation about 1 or 2 of the trustees
attending the next board of selectman meeting (12/6) to present update of current
operating issues. No consensus was reached on this issue. Belger agreed to attempt
creation of a power point draft to be discussed at our next meeting in November.
Floated idea of engaging Town Manager in a meeting to discuss the same. Perhaps
Rownak and June to meet with Norman. Agreed June and Rownak would follow up.
Also discussed extending invitation to Brian Herr to next BOL Trustees meeting. No
apparent consensus as to whether or not to copy him on minutes of meetings.
Agreed to revisit at November meeting.
Rownak then presented preliminary budget items. Discussion as to how best to
include and/or approach Town regarding request for funding to extend hours of
library operation. Tentative agreement reached for June and Rownak to raise with
Town Manager. Rownak also asked trustees to consider making up payroll hours
which had been previously eliminated from budget. Rownak reminded the trustees
that the library has been understaffed for the last three years due in part to retiring
employees not being replaced. Rownak submitted detailed written summary in
support of her requests. No consensus reached on how best to approach Town on
extended budget requests. Again, floated idea of June and Rownak meeting with
Norman in an effort to gain some direction on these issues. Rownak commented her
preliminary budget was due by December.
Talked about creation of Trustee News Letter. Agreed goal is to reach out to
community. Also, gathering information to share about what will be going on over
the holiday season. June agreed to take a look at what is existing and put together
recommendations for how to revise to be discussed at our next meeting on
November 17.
Discussion as to developing a mission statement of trustees.
Rownak requested a picture and work/community summary from each of the
members of the board to be posted on web site. All in attendance agreed to try to get
that information together by next meeting.
Agreed to table the remaining issues until next meeting.
Meeting closed at approximately 8:45 p.m. Mike McNamara, who had been traveling
for business, did join the meeting for a brief period of time prior to the close.