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Grafton Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
Thursday, June 27,
2019
6:30 pm
The meeting was called to order at 6:38 p.m. Attendees at the meeting were Lucia, Patrick,
Deborah, David and Michelle. There was
no one from the public at the meeting.
The minutes from the May 23rd meeting were approved. Patrick gave the Treasurer’s
Report. Michelle gave the librarians
report, Ray Lisai painted the Handicapped ramp railing, the front porch and
washed all of the windows. Sarah
Yarosevich completed the spring garden cleanup. Thank you will be sent to Ray
and Sarah. The maple near the building
needs to be trimmed, as it is rubbing the roof.
The front door and screen need repairs, taking recommendations.
Pat Mack covered for the librarian while she was on vacation
and asked not to be paid for it. A thank you will be sent to Pat.
Pat Mack and Sandra Readler have been reorganizing the book
sale room and it is looking great. The
librarian has been culling the books in the book sale room to make more room
and they are being taken to recycling. We are looking into send some overstock
books to the Springfield Armory book sale.
Our summer reading theme is “A Universe of Stories”. Adult
offerings—we are holding three
raffles this summer, tied to book recommendations submitted
by patrons and reading group
attendance. The first book club and raffle took place on
June 25—13 people attended and Kim
Bank won 2 key lime pies. Future raffles will be on book group dates
(July 23 and August 27). Michelle will
be creating a book recommendation newsletter from patron’s submitted book
recommendations to distribute in the summer.
Family offerings—Kids who read 10 books and record them on a
book list or do 10 activities
from a sheet will get a gift certificate to The Scoop Shack.
The librarian will be attending the
Grafton Elementary School’s summer school program to host library programs with
the children
attending. She’s
waiting to hear from the director about dates, but has scheduled a
performance of the Summer Encore Theatre at GES on July 22nd
at 1pm. We are paying for this
with our VT DOL grant of $200, which we just received this
week. Michelle will be distributing
reading records and activity sheets at summer school and
encouraging them to complete them.
Michelle will also run the library booth at the town party
again this year on July 27. The Library also has Parks and Museum Passes and is
participating in the Passports to Vermont Libraries
program. Information
is on display at the library and has been distributed to our library volunteers.
Volunteer Appreciation went well, more people need to help
with cooking.
Barbara Freedman from TIAA will be at the September 26th
library board meeting to report on the Main Trust and Jerry Stevens accounts.
The library needs to be more assertive with the town for
budgeting. The budgeting needs are for basement work, furnace, painting the
library, tree trimming and technology costs.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:25 p.m. The next meeting will
be on the 25th of July.
Respectfully submitted,
David Whittall