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ON? <br />Town of Reading <br />} b Meeting Minutes <br />ii <br />Board - Committee - Commission - Council: <br />Board of Library Trustees <br />Date: 2017-10-10 <br />Building: Reading Public Library <br />Address: 64 Middlesex Avenue <br />Purpose: General Meeting <br />Attendees: Members - Present: <br />Time: 7:00 PM <br />Location: History Room <br />Session: Open Session <br />Version: Final <br />TO <br />4 CLARK <br />READING, M'S:f . <br />1011 NOV 15' P::12 -',,,4J`1 <br />Cherrie Dubois, Vice Chair; Alice Collins, Secretary, Nina Pennacchio; Sherri <br />VandenAkker <br />Members - Not Present: <br />John Brzezenski; Andrew Grimes <br />Others Present: <br />Amy Lannon, Library Director; Ashley Waring, Assistant Library Director; <br />Corinne Fisher, Children's Division Head; David Neshat, FINCOM Liaison <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Alice Collins, Secretary <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />Meeting Called to Order 7:02 p.m. <br />I. Approval of Minutes from September 11, 2017 <br />Motion: To approve Minutes (Collins/Pennacchio) <br />Vote: Approved 4-0-0 <br />II. Financial Report: <br />FY2018: Salaries and expenses are on target. <br />Update: Trusts, Gifts, and Donations: Ms. Lannon explained how some gifts to <br />the library are specifically targeted. Some gifts are directed toward art -related <br />purchases. Project to acquire more Nathalie Nordstrand and Elmer Rising artwork <br />continues. <br />III. Summer Reading Final Report <br />Ms. Fisher gave a presentation summarizing the purpose and results of the library's <br />"Build a Better World" summer reading program. <br />IV. Director's Report <br />Personnel: Safety and security trainings are continuing, including a staff fire drill <br />and ALICE trainings. Ms. Lannon will soon begin an employee engagement survey <br />process with staff. <br />Programs and Services: Ms. Lannon presented charts reflecting .room usage and <br />program data. Trends show an increase in both number of programs offered and <br />number of attendees since 2014 (pre -renovation). Upcoming library -wide programs <br />include Artist -in -Residence Giles Laroche and Fall Library Crawl. <br />Page 1 1 <br />