1994-02-28 Board of Library Trustees Minutes

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Board of Library Trustees Minutes of Meeting - February 28, 1994 Conference Room - Reading Public Library - 6:00 p.m. _ gent: Mrs. Elia Marnik, chair; Mrs. Carol Beckwith; Mr. William Diamond; Dr. Christine Redford. Absent: Ms. Cherrie Dubois; Mr. Robert Fields. The meeting was called to order at 6:15 p.m. Minutes: Ms. Beckwith moved that the minutes of January 24 be accepted. The motion passed. Lorraine Barry, the Library's new Young Adult Librarian as of March 7, was introduced. Ms. Barry will replace Robin Elbot, who is taking a job at the Beverly Library. Ms. Barry has been working at the Information desk on Sundays since October and will receive her MLS in May. The Children's Division report was postponed due to Corinne Fisher's illness. The Director reported that Saturday's sleepover was a success. Financial report: The grant for books on tape is being expended. $6400 in state aid for nonresident reimbursement has been deposited. The Governor has included that allocation, which was new this year, in his budget for next year. ,,.istical report: Circulation for January exceeded Salem's by 2000. ulation is 10,000 ahead of last year. The videos have circulated 5000 times since the inauguration of the collection last July. Director's report: The Department of Public Works has asked the Library to submit specifications for a cleaning service, which would supplement the current custodial duties. The Director submitted an article about the Library for Banker & Tradesman's special issue on Reading. Mrs. Marnik, Ms. Hanley, and Tom Stohlman appeared on a cable TV show last week to talk about tenth anniversary events. Trustees bid farewell to Young Adult Librarian Robin Elbot. Unfinished business: 1) Last week the Town Manager presented the Library staff with the draft of his reclassification plan, including the amount of each employee's proposed increase. Mr. Diamond pointed out that the upper limit of each salary range has been chopped off, eliminating the incentive for an employee to stay. The Director would like to address that issue next year. Board members thought that the raises were insufficient. Ms. Hanley noted that next fiscal year all employees will be eligible for the 4.5 percent cost-of-living increase. 2) Details of the tenth anniversary celebration were discussed. New business: 1) Ms. Hanley distributed the information which she had aj..-,n to the Selectmen concerning fines. Mr. Nigro had raised the question he Library's revenue at a recent Selectmen's meeting. In a .versation with Mr. Nigro, the Director observed that the Library's iAssion is educational (not revenue-producing), that it had cost the 1