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a <br />Town of Reading <br />a Meeting Minutes <br />-B <br />3s'►NCU 1� <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Board of Library Trustees <br />Date: 2015 -02 -10 Time: 7:00 PM <br />Building: Reading Public Library Location: <br />Address: 80 General Way <br />Purpose: General Business Session: <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />I�EC[rIYEU <br />CLERK <br />DING. M� SS. <br />ii5 MAR 18 A ID I U <br />Vicki Yablonsky, Chair; John Brzezenski, Vice Chair; Alice Collins; Cherrie <br />Dubois; Andrew Grimes; David Hutchinson <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Others Present: <br />Ruth Urell, Library Director; Amy Lannon, AssisWht Director <br />i <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Alice Collins, Secretar <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />I. Approval of the Minutes: <br />a. Board of Trustees 1/13/15 <br />b. Board of Selectmen 1/13/15 <br />c. Finance Committee 1/21/15 <br />d. Community Meeting 1/22/15 <br />Motion: To Approve Board of Library Trustee Minutes as listed above (Cherrie Dubois / Alice Collins) <br />Vote: Unanimous <br />II. Financial Report (Ruth Urell): <br />Ms. Urell updated the Trustees on the FY 2015 budget. Ms. Yablonsky inquired about the effect <br />of the snow days on the current budget. Ms. Urell explained the town -wide policy and the <br />impact on the library budget. Ms. Urell also reported that FY 2015 salaries are on track, <br />however the supplies budget are 90% expended. She noted that the supplies budget was <br />significantly reduced from FY 2014. The current budget issues reflect how busy the library has <br />been even with the move to a smaller, temporary location at 80 General Way. Ms. Urell <br />reported that the library has received the state aid funds. Also, the revolving fund account has <br />approximately $7500 which is lower than normal which may be due to being closed for one <br />month for the library move. Finally, Ms. Urell noted that Town accounting has set up a budget <br />line in the donations account specifically for the building project (capital expenditures). <br />III. FY 2016 Budget (Ruth Urell) <br />The Trustees discussed preferred day for budget presentation to the Finance Committee and <br />agreed that February 25 would work best with the Trustees' schedules. Changes to the FY 2016 <br />budget include the Library Associates (formerly library technicians) salary line and the Library <br />Page 1 1 <br />