5/11/2004 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

Home Browse Search

Mashpee Public Library P.O. Bo 657 Mashpee, Ma 02649 The most exciting news of May 2004 was the vote on the library budget at Town Meeting. David Burton placed a hold on the salary/wage lire item and rade motion to increase the funding to the Departments requested amount rather than the Finco n recommendation amount. This motion overwhelming passed and the funding for the frozen position was restored. With the funding back in place, I have submitted the position vacancy form to the Board of selectmen, asking that the position be advertised and filled. I had hoped to be on the agenda of the May 10, 2004 meeting, Unfortunately, that meeting was already filled, I expect the request to fill the position would be on the-following meeting. I am not sure of the date of that meeting. I have heardaY "' and June 7 from different sources. I will be on vacation on May 24h. I'd like someone from the Trustees check on the status of our request and verify if the position is on the agenda of the net Selectmen's meeting. This person should also check with Joyce Mason to see if a Trustee should attend the meeting or if she is willing to present this request to the. Board. David and I have appeared on three occasions to answer questions about the position. she may feel that further explanation is unnecessary. It is important that a lack of presence by the Trustees or Director not be viewed as a lack of interest or concern in filling this position. We will probably not be able to fill the'position before mid July because of not raking this week's agenda. Positions are advertised and open for applications for two weeks. Interviewing, mal ing a selection and getting Selectmen`s approval of a new hire at a selectmen's meeting will take a couple more weeks. We may also have to make for a candidate to give notice at a current position. On another note, I gave two tour of the library this week. Don Meyers,, a candidate for Selectmen came in on May e to view the library and to get answers to questions he had about whether or not Mashpee needed a new library, I was very iron rssed with his willingness to come to the library and �b � p . spend time assessing our needs. He called me the next day o thank me for the time and information. He has since written a letter of support published in the Mashpee Enterprise for the library staffing and building project. He is very p p ry interested in seeing that an article on the building project comes before the voters at October Town Meeting. I was able to send Janet Trask to a training session at CLAMS on how to check in serials on Millennium. This is a function that Kathy Makunas had handled until retiring. The training is offered infrequently and the training had not been