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Grafton Public
Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Minutes of August
22, 2022, Amended
Hybrid Form
Present: Michelle Dufort, MaryBeth Culver, Lucia
Corwin, Jay Maciejowski :Virtual: John Saroff , Kathleen Pajic.
Call to Order:
10:05 am
Public Comment:
none
Approve minutes of last meeting: Approved
Treasurer’s Report:
The budget is on track for the beginning of the Fiscal Year
Librarian’s Report: Another Walks of Wonder has been added on
Sunday, September 18,2022 at 11:00: Putney Mountain Hawk Migration. Also starting up on the 4th Wednesday in October
will be the Nature & Books Series, sponsored with the Nature Museum.
The GES concert will on September 13th, using funds
from the library’s summer performer grant.
The entire school is invited.
All programs at or with the school will follow the
up-to-date CDC Guidelines.
Green Mountain high school student Kira Bates has been
working in the library for Community Service hours and a new volunteer, Ellen
Goldman, will start training in August and working in September.
We received thee funds for ARPA grant 2 and Michelle will
order a new laptop for staff and volunteers.
Old Business: We had a site visit from Countryside for
the recommended repairs but have received no proposal.
We are waiting for bids for the emergency lighting exit sign
repair, and additional light fixture in the basement. The board decided to add
upgrading the circuit box to these building projects.
In order to have a heat pump, we will have to upgrade our
circuit box and purchase a new furnace.
Jeffers came to view the project but we have yet to receive a proposal.
We have two bids from Jason Northrup and Benjamin Adcroft
for the interior painting job and need to contact the bidders about insurance
and referrals. The board voted to accept the lower bid, pending submission of
referral and insurance information. If insurance isn’t available for the
selected bidder, the board will move to use the second bidder.
New Business: MaryBeth
will write a draft annual appeals letter for next month. The date to mail is before Thanksgiving. We will follow CDC Guidelines when we open
the library for the Gingerbread Houses.
Next Meeting:
September 26 10am
Adjournment: 10:48am