3/30/1999 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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LIBRARY TRUSTEES 3/30/99 PAGE TWO IV LIBRARY DIRECTOR REPORT: Continued Helene read the directorts report to the meetingb CORRESPONDENCE : A. Memo from Personnel Board relative to their hiring process : This has been adopted by the board of selectmen . Guidlines on recruiting , job posting : whether a job was union or not , union they do it different 1y . Basically , if you have a vacancy , you must complete a form, . make sure your review an up to date job description . This must go to the town administrator for approval , how to recruit . This information was passed around to the trustees board . Helene -wants to discuss a bit further with the Personnel Board to clarify in her mind how this works b B . A memorandum from Maureen Killeran , Public Library Government Liaison for the Board of Library Commissioners , She keeps abreast of legislation that is forthcoming . The memo that she sent out : Gov. A. Paul Celluccil and Lt . Gov. .bane Swift filed a seventy-five million dollar construction bili on Friday February 12th at the State Howse. Attached was the' goeror ' press release and a copy of the bill . This legislation will now go to the joint house and senate committees on State Admin- istration. Helene read the memo. to the trustees . Helene explained there were 22 projects still on the waiting List . They are going to be funding- those over the next three fiscal years , and then they expect to make funds 'available to another 59 libraries who, are not currently on the list . The cities and towns will be required to pay two -thirds of the con- struction costs , with the state funding the remaining one-third . Helene had received a call today from Nancy affyn # s legislative aide. Helene believed he was referring to the planning grant - that the library had submitted . Helene told him that the decision on hose were going to be made this week. Helene FAX' d the above legislation to N. Caffyn so that she could be aware of it , and explained that Mashpee was very interested in the passage of this bill as we intend to apply for a grant to expand the present library, Copies of all of the above were passed out to the trustees .