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V <br />RrC <br />Minutes of the Board of Library Trustees Mee_g <br />Monday, December 13,2010' <br />Attending: David Hutchinson, Chair; Vicki Yablonsky; Cherrie D4 s; Karyn Storti; Jeff Doucette; Ruth <br />Urell Library, Director; Dorota Socha, Assistant Director. <br />Meeting called to order 7:05pm <br />Minutes approved unanimously (Doucette/Dubois) <br />Financial Report <br />■ Around 38% of the library budget has been spent as of November 2010. <br />■ State Aid - first round of State Aid for FY 2011 has been received by the library. Around $11,000 <br />has been transferred to library funds. There is about a 33% cut in State Aid from the previous year <br />amount of $33,000. <br />■ About $3,000 has been raised through private donations for funding magazine and periodical <br />subscriptions. <br />Statistical Report (R. Urell) <br />■ Five circulation statistical reports were evaluated. They were: <br />- Comparison of Oct 2009-Nov 2010 Circulation for M & Tue, W 9am-10am <br />- Comparison of Oct 2009-Nov 2010 Circulation for M-W 9am-10am and 5-9pm <br />- Comparison of Oct 2009-Nov 2010 Circulation for M-Th 5pm-9pm <br />- Comparison of Oct 2009-Nov 2010 Circulation for M & F 9am-5pm <br />- Comparison of Oct 2009-Nov 2010 Circulation for F & Sa 9am-5pm <br />Trustee Liaison's Reports <br />Foundation (R. Urell) <br />■ Karen Burke from the Foundation would like to give a Foundation bookmark to library patrons. <br />Approval granted by all Trustees. <br />■ The Foundation is considering a possible gift to the library in the near future. No date announced. <br />■ Trustee J. Doucette suggested that the library should invest in purchasing several e-book readers to <br />be available to check out. <br />Friends (C. Dubois) <br />■ The Friends' fundraising program "Balsam & Bling" was a very successful one with 81 <br />participants. <br />■ House Tour Committee meeting will be in January 2011. <br />■ The Friends' ongoing book sale at the library continues to be successful. <br />