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Meeting Minutes
Board - Committee - Commission - Council:
Board of Library Trustees
Date: 2013 -08 -08
Building: Reading Public Library
Address: 64 Middlesex Avenue
Purpose: General Business
Attendees: Members - Present:
Time: 8:45 PM
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Location: Conference Room
Richard Curtis, Chair; David Hutchinson, Vice Chair; Alice Collins, Secretary;
Cherrie Dubois, Ruth Urell, Library Director.
Members - Not Present:
Victoria Yablonsky, Andrew Grimes
Others Present:
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Kathryn Melesciuc, Administrative Assistant
Topics of Discussion:
Approval of Minutes
• Motion: To approve Minutes of June 17, 2013 (D. Hutchinson/C. Dubois)
• Vote: Unanimous approval.
Reports
Financial Report
• Ruth Urell reported that FY2014 budget is all set and a review of the financial budget
accounts done at the next meeting.
Directors Report
• Renee Smith, our new YA/Reference Librarian, stopped in to meet the trustees.
• It was a competitive round this year for federal grants as funds have lessened. We are
thrilled to receive one of the two LSTA 2014 Grants for "Customer Experience." Michelle
Filleul will be the project director for the grant that kicks off in October. The funding will
provide training for all staff to learn digital and electronic resources.
Trustees
• A motion was made and approved to cancel the Trustees meeting originally scheduled for
August 19th. Motion: (R. Curtis / C. Dubois) Vote: Unanimous approval.
Adjournment at 8:59 pm
• Motion: To adjourn (D. Hutchinson / C. Dubois)
• Vote: Unanimous approval.
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