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RECEIVED <br />Minutes of the Board of Library Trustees Meeting TOWN <br />CLERK <br />Monday, March 19, 2012 RE � 0 1 NO, MASS. <br />Present: 1012 MAY — I . P 1: 0­2 <br />Trustees: <br />Richard Curtis, Vice - Chair; Alice Collins; Cherrie Dubois; Andrew Grimes; Vicki Yablonsky. <br />Ruth Urell, Director; Dorota Socha, Asst. Director. <br />Absent: David Hutchinson, Chair <br />Guests: Suzy Axelson, Friends President and Bill Hecht, Foundation President. <br />Meeting called to order 7:04 pm <br />Minutes of the February 13, 2012 meeting approved unanimously (C. Dubois. Yablonsky) <br />R. Curtis welcomed the new trustees and guests. <br />The library division heads gave a review of their departments and the services they provide: <br />Jamie Penney Technical Services <br />Michelle Filleul Circulation <br />Corinne Fisher Childrens <br />Lorraine Barry Reference/Adult and Teen Services <br />Dorota Socha Foreign Languages and Public Computing <br />Financial Report/ Budget (R. Urell) <br />Finance Committee Budget Review — The library budget will comply with the MBLC M.A.R. <br />requirement; book budget will be fully funded at 15% and the staff will be getting a 2% COLA <br />increase. There was concern expressed at FinCom review about the NOBLE increase from $48K <br />to $55K, due to a one time transition to the new circulation system. <br />V. Yablonsky commented that the budget does not provide funding for library programs and as <br />programming is an increasingly important part of library services, we should make efforts to get <br />programming funding in the operating budget. R. Urell mentioned that last year's budget <br />requested $8,000 for programs but it wasn't funded. C. Dubois agreed saying there should be <br />more money in the budget for staff professional development, and training in technology <br />education. The technology is constantly changing and we are in the education business. The <br />Trustees further discussed that Friends is paying for Staff Day. Friends should be paying for <br />extra services not basic services such as professional development. <br />Liaison Reports were given by Foundation and Friends Presidents <br />Foundation (B. Hecht) <br />The Foundation was started 15 years ago with the intention to raise $1 million to provide <br />interest income as a source of funding for the library. The Foundation conducts activities and <br />outreach to raise money in the hope of reaching this goal. The Foundation supports the Summer <br />Minutes of the Board of Library Trustees — March 19, 2012 <br />