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Home My WebLink About2010-04-12 Economic Development Committee MinutesMinutes of the Board of Library Trustees Meeting Monday, April 12, 2010 Attending: David Hutchinson, Chair; Vicki Yablonsky; Cherrie Dubois; Karyn Storti; Dick Curtis; Jeff Doucette; Dorota Socha, Assistant Director; Michelle Filleul, Head of Ci c~alation Department Meeting called to order 7:01pm Minutes approved unanimously (Storti/Doucette) Regional Reorganization (Michelle Filleul) "77 ' • Six Regional offices are going to be reorganized into one office named: Massacl%setts Library System (MLS) • Temporarily the MLS will have two office locations: Waltham, Metrowest area; Whately, Western area. Eventually the plan is to relocate only one office along the Mass Turnpike • Interlibrary Loan delivery system contract is budgeted and in place through FYI 1. Current level of service will continue until that time • NOBLE ILL Center is closed effective 5/2010. In state ILL and nation wide OCLC retrieval services will be offered through ILL Centers in Wellesley and Quincy • Databases: Funding permits Regional offices tarenew database licenses for current member libraries through FYI 1. Effective FY12 statewide contracts for databases will be reduced from current numbers Financial Report • Discussion of budget form and Technology Fund encumbrances Statistical Report (D. Socha) • Graphs of circulation statistics were reviewed: print and nonprint materials FY1998-2010 Foundation (R. Curtis) • Foundation meeting was cancelled; no report Friends (C. Dubois) • Travel photo contest display received more entries and was larger than anticipated • House tour planning progressing; additional hosts needed Municipal Building Committee Report (V. Yablonsky) • Accepting input at this time • Meetings are scheduled for every other Thursday except during Town Meeting; members of committee are representatives of elected boards • Joe Huggins and Mary DeLai presentation re: work orders, prioritizing, capital plan • Future meeting presenters: Town Manager; DPW; Cemetery; Police Department; Fire Department; Library Director's Report (D. Socha) • "How are we doing?" forms distributed to Trustees • ALTAFF Benefits newsletter distributed to Trustees • Children's Room shelving installation in progress; review of payments • Request Dorota to continue to build a folder of photographs of the condition of the building • Update of staff member's recovery from a back injury Building Project (D. Hutchinson) • Trustees will ask to make a brief committee report at the beginning of Town Meeting • Question re: progress to hire a planner Trustee Items • Ben Nichols' estate bequeathed $2000 unrestricted • Ethics training online; all Trustees must complete; Dick and Jeff still need to take it Adjourn The motion to adjourn was made 8:15pm (Storti/Yablonsky) Next meeting: Monday, May 17th, 2010, Conference Room, Reading Public Library Respectfully submitted, /Allison Sloan DaSilva Recording Secretary Senior Library Associate