I. Administrative
a. Attendance:
Andrew Lonsbary, George Hawver, Delores Strife, Lorie Ames, Courtney Belloff-Barker, Shawn Hunt, Mary Louise Hunt
b. Called meeting to order at 4:40 pm
c. Period for Public Expression – none
II. Reports
a. President’s Report – none
b. Treasurer’s Report –
- Deposit will be posted any day
- Issue with insurance – should be refunded any overpayment
- Motion: Delores Seconded: George
c. Programming Director’s Report –
1. Animal Tracking Program with Evans Mills Library
- Big success! First program with Evans Mills – over 50 people
- Wants to come back for a bird program
2. Upcoming Easter Program/ Sensory Bunny Programs
- March 23rd – 10:30 at the library – the Easter Bunny will walk the kids out to the Easter Egg Hunt that is put on by the Legion
- Sensory Bunny at 2:00 (sign up thru Encompass Rec.)
3. Eclipse Event thru Sci-Tec Centers
- March 30th @ 11:00 – a sign up will come out from the Sci-Tec Center because there can only be 25 participants
4. Solar Eclipse Event at the Library – April 8th @ 2:00ish
- 500 glasses for everyone
- 100 books – first come, first serve
- Event – meet at the library, go over safety rules, get glasses, go watch the eclipse, come back to make cookies and snacks.
- Delores and Courtney will make cookies and frosting for April 8th
d. Director’s Report
a. Monthly Statistics Report – right on track
III. New Business
- Voting for new Treasurer for Board of Trustees
- Meeting with NCLS – we need a new treasurer because Shawn is now the Director and he shouldn’t be the director and the treasurer
- Mary Louise will run the report and provide it to the board of directors
- Motion: Courtney Second: George
- Meeting with NCLS – we need a new treasurer because Shawn is now the Director and he shouldn’t be the director and the treasurer
- Approval of new Child Behavioral Policy
- Policy for child supervision
- Children 9 and under must have an adult
- Children 10 and above can come to the library unsupervised
- Library staff can request parental supervision at any time
- Motion: George Second: Courtney
- Approval of Tentative 2023 Annual Report – tabled til next month
- School Walking Field Trips
- May or June – Mary Louise will work with Courtney for dates/examples of types of trips
- Book Loft
- Could we get that back?
- Faculty Meeting? BPT rep share out? How can we make a connection? PTO?
IV. Old Business
- Update on Hiring Progress for Part Time Clerk
- 2 interviews set for next week
V. Adjournment:
Motion: George Second: Lorie
