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Meeting Minutes June 28 2022

Sally Ploof Hunter Memorial Library

Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda

June 28, 2022         4:15 pm

I.             Administrative

a.   Attendance:
Sue Ellen Deion    Selinda Spears     George Hawver    Lori Ames
Colleen Bowers    Shawn Hunt         Terry Ingersoll    
Andrew Lonsbary

b.   Called meeting to order at 4:25 pm
c.   Period for Public Expression – None

II.           Reports

a.     President’s Report – Andrew is excited to start as the board president.  He mentioned how nice the cleaning person has been doing.

b.     Treasurer’s Report – See Attached Reports.  Shawn also mentioned that starting next year the Village of Black River will no longer be giving us money.  He promised that at the next meeting there will be more information provided on options that the library can take.

Motion to Accept: 1st Selinda 2nd Andrew

All in Favor: Yes

c.     Director’s Report – Mary Louise Hunt was not able to attend the meeting, and the director’s report was given by the Assistant Director, Shawn Hunt.  He stated that the classroom visits from Black River Elementary were very successful.  There were well over 100 new library cards issued to these classes and about 300 books were handed out between all the classes.

More Statistics on programs including the Summer Program will be presented next month.

III.         New Business

  1. Friends of Library Presentation of Information by Colleen Bowers

Colleen Bowers presented all her findings about other Friends of the Library programs that she researched in either NCLS or online.  With the guidance of the board, some options were selected.  Next month we should have a more solid program for the FOL

  • Proposal for New Trustee
    Shawn Hunt proposed the addition of another trustee to the board.  He gave the board some background information about this person and why they would work well for the Board of Trustees.  The board agreed that we should move to the next step and invite them to the next board meeting, if they would like to be a trustee.

IV.         Old Business

  1. Update on cleaning position
    All contracts are signed and Colleen has begun working as the cleaner for the library.  She has been doing a great job so far for the library.
  2. Updates on Electrical and Landscaping jobs
    Landscaping- Finished stone work around the building perimeter.  Blocked off area where new grass is growing so they can seed the grass again and prevent the area from accidentally getting mowed.
    Electrical- Came and installed new LED lights in the building perimeter.  We are still waiting for them to return with a headlight for the parking lot lamp and to work on the flag pole lighting.  These most likely will happen at the same time, when the parts become available and the time allows them to complete the work.

V. Adjournment:            Motion: George              Second: Selinda

Meeting Ended at 5:05pm