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e <br />x <br />Board - Committee <br />Town of Reading <br />Meeting Minutes <br />ToC61VEW <br />WN CLERK <br />Atq, <br />VI OCT I I AN9;33 <br />Commission - Council: <br />Board of Library Trustees <br />Date: 2023-09-11 <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: <br />Community Room <br />Session: <br />Open Session <br />Version: <br />Final <br />Patrick Egan, Chair; Monette Verner, Vice -Chair; Andrew Grimes, Secretary; <br />Monique Pillow-Gnanaratnam (remote participation); Cappy Popp <br />Members - Not Present: <br />Cherrie Dubois <br />Others Present: <br />Amy Lannon, Director; Michelle Filleul, Assistant Director; <br />Meaghan Clemente, Administrative Assistant; Andrea Fiorillo, Head of <br />Research and Reader Services; Joseph McDonagh, Financial Committee <br />Liaison to Reading Public Library; Fidel Maltez, Town Manager; <br />Genady Pilyaysky, Library Landscape Committee Chair; Judy Holden, <br />Reading Lions Club Director; Maureen Mcisaac, Reading Lions Club Director; <br />Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Andrew Grimes, Secretary <br />Topics of Discussion: <br />I. Call to Order at 7:01 p.m. <br />The Board held a brief moment of silence in memory of the lives impacted by the <br />September 11, 2001 tragedy. <br />II. Public Comment <br />No public comments were made in person or remotely. <br />Ill. Reading Lions Request <br />Ms. Lannon reviewed the Board's authority to approve solicitation, tabling, collection, <br />and posting activities for fundraising purposes. The Reading Lions Club will run its third <br />annual seasonal Scarecrow Contest Fundraiser in October to benefit its supported <br />charities. Previously, the organization has set up a table at Harrows Restaurant in <br />Reading and is requesting to expand their tabling to the Reading Public Library this year. <br />A $20 donation to the Reading Lions Club provides participants with a basic scarecrow <br />frame kit, which they can decorate. Photos of decorated scarecrows are shared online, <br />with a few selected as winners. The Lions support the Library's braille storywalks and <br />access to visual assistive technology. <br />