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Grafton Public
Library Board of Trustees Virtual Meeting
Minutes of June 24,
2021
Present:
Michelle Dufort, MaryBeth Culver, Lucia Corwin, Sue Allen, Jay Maciejowski
Call to Order:
6:00 pm
Public Comment:
none
Approve minutes of last meeting: approved minutes from last two meetings
Treasurer’s Report: The budget is on track and the remaining allotted endowment
funds for the fiscal year have been transferred into the library’s
account.
As part of budget work for the coming year, Michelle
plans to tap into the Paulsen/Russell and Lucy Daniels funds to increase
programs and possibly pay for guest speakers at events.
Also in budget planning, health insurance will
not be known until later in the fiscal year. In addition, the librarian’s
salary will not be known until the board meets in executive session sometime
this month. Michelle has presented some salary options for the board to
consider.
It was suggested to get another air purifier.
Our electric bill is around $30 due to our offset.
Since our oil bill is high, Jay suggested that we look
at investing into a heat pump. Sue will check for grants and see what
Efficiency Vermont offers.
Librarian’s Report:
The first session of our in-person book group (now
renamed The Page Turners) had seven enthusiastic participants.
Michelle will be working with the Grafton Elementary
School Summer Program.
The Welcome Neighbors program will be organized at a
later date.
Orders for books have been slow to arrive.
Michelle may have to carry over some of the budget for books to the next fiscal
year, as she won’t be able to clear the invoices until the books
arrive.
We have seven active volunteers and Michelle is
working to retrain and support those who need a refreshing of the automation
system.
Volunteers who are fully vaccinated will be able to
work the front desk.There will be a Zoom meeting to update everyone on the
automated system, followed by a one-on-one meeting with each volunteer until
they are comfortable.
Old Business:
Buildings and Grounds has a few projects that need to
be attended to such as the door handle and lights in the adult fiction room.
All vaccinated volunteers can go unmasked. The
board voted to suspend the mask mandate for patrons but will encourage
unvaccinated visitors to wear masks.
New Business:
The lighting in the adult fiction room needs to be
replaced. It was decided that we should always solicit three bids for any
work done. The porch railing seems somewhat unstable and Jay will look
into replacing the boards under it or replacing the railing system.
Adjournment: 7:22pm.
Next meeting will be on July 22nd. at 6:00
pm if there are not too many conflicts with schedules.