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Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 2015 FEB 12 P 2' 39
Board of Library Trustees
Date: 2015 -01 -13 Time: 6:15 PM
Building: Reading Town Hall Location: Selectmen Meeting Room
Address: 16 Lowell Street
Purpose: General Business Session: General Session
Attendees: Members - Present:
Vicki Yablonsky, Chair; John Brzezenski, Vice Chair; Cherrie Dubois; David
Hutchinson
Members - Not Present:
Andrew Grimes; Alice Collins
Others Present:
Amy Lannon, Assistant Library Director
Minutes Respectfully Submitted By: Amy Lannon
Topics of Discussion:
1. Call to Order 6:22 p.m.
II. FY 2016 Budget:
Ms. Yablonsky reviewed the discussions from the last Trustee meeting in preparation of
presenting the proposed FY 2016 Budget to the Board of Selectmen. Ms. Yablonsky also
reported that Ms. Urell, Library Director, had met Mr. Bob LeLacheur, Town Manager, on
some personnel matters and to discuss the job classification of the adult library pages and
their current status as seasonal workers. At the Town Manager's request, Ms. Judi Perkins,
Director of Human Resources, will follow up with Mr. Don Tyler of Human Resource Partners
who performed the Non -Union Pay and Class Study of 2014 for further information and
recommendations about these positions. Therefore this issue will not be presented in the
Board of Selectmen budget review to be held at 7:00 p.m. today, January 13, 2015.
Ms. Yablonsky will inform the Board of Selectmen about the Library's plan to request
funding from Town Meeting in April in order to hire a consultant to assist the department in
developing a strategic plan that will maximize the opportunities presented by the library
project.
Ms. Yablonsky noted that the two main increases that are included in the FY 2016 budget
are the half year funding for Digital Services and Instructional Librarian and the increased
Technology Supplies line (also referred to as Public Technology). The half year position Is a
proposal from a full year position and allows the specialist librarian to be in place to begin
implementation of related programs and services prior to the opening of the new library.
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Under library expenses, the increase Technology Supplies is part of a two year strategy to
return the budget line to full funding. In FY 2015, Technology Supplies was reduced over
half in anticipation of the move to smaller, temporary space at 80 General Way. These funds
need to be restored In order to restore full public computing for the future.
Ms. Yablonsky also noted the Circulation Library Technician salary lines have been adjusted
in the current FY15 budget to reflect changes from the 2014 Pay and Class study.
III. Trustees Reports:
Library Building Project - Mr. Hutchinson, Chair of the Library Building Committee reported
that there have been some pre construction meetings with the contractor Delphi and
various town officials. Current discussions indicate that, barring unexpected delays, the
building project should be complete by late spring of 2016. Ms. Lannon reported that Mr.
Lelacheur and Mr. Evan Warner of STV have scheduled a community meeting for 7:00 p.m.
on January 22, 2015 at the Reading Police Department meeting room. Also, Ms. Urell and
others are planning a ground breaking ceremony that will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Friday,
February 6 at 64 Middlesex Avenue. State and local officials, as well as representatives the
Delphi, CBT Designs and STV will be in attendance.
Reading Public Library Foundation - Mr. Brzezenski reported that members of the
Foundation would greatly appreciate more information and communication about the
status of the library building project. Mr. Hutchinson will continue work with Mr. Warner,
Mr. LeLacheur and Mr. Joe Huggins, Assistant Director of Facilities and Project Manager, to
provide more frequent public communications about the project.
January Special Town Meeting — Ms. Yablonsky attended two nights of the three night
January Special Town Meeting where members were discussing and voting on changes to
the Town Charter. There were no changes that affected the library governance or Trustees.
IV. Other: Approval of Minutes
Motion to Approve minutes from December 15, 2014 as amended (David Hutchinson /
Cherrie Dubois)
Vote: Unanimous
V. Adjournment
Motion to Adjourn at 7:17 p.m. (David Hutchinson /John Brzezenski)
Vote: Unanimous
Respe ully sub tted,
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