1/9/2018 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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BOAR of LIBRARY TRUSTEES MEETING TUESDAY,JANIJA Y 9.2018 MASHPEE LIBRARY CONFERENCE Roots Present: Mary LeClair,Joan Lyons, Sandra Horsman,Amanda Hall, Virginia Scharfenberg, and Matt Auger. Absent: Allen Waters, Also Present: Kathy Mahoney—Library Director Mary LeClair, Chair, called the.meeting to order at 4:03 p.m. and stated that following the approval of minutes the Board would address the Library Director's reports since review of the meeting room policy is going to be tine-consuming. Public Discussion.,.None. Approval of Minutes MOTION: Sandra florsman motioned to accept the Regular Meeting minutes of December 12,2017 as presented. The Motion was seconded by Joan Lyons. VOTE: Yes-6, Unanimous. Roll Call vote: Joan Lyons, yes Amanda Mall,yes Virginia Scharfenberg,yes Sandra Horsrnan,yes Matt Auger,yes Mary LeClair,yes Rests Kathy 11 ahoney's monthly report with circulation statistios for December-2017 was reviewed and briefly discussed. Sandra Horsrnan asked about the on-going issues associated with the new electronic systems installed in the library,and whether Lathy is comfortable with the choice of vendor. Kathy responded that the vendor is doing work throughout the entire Town in coordination with the DPW and IT depar•tmcnts and believes any glitches with the new systems will be addressed in the near future so she is not overly concerned about the abilities of the vendor to address the issues, Matt Auger notedKathy's participation as a.member of the Mashpec Substance Use Task Force, and asked about the Library's roll in the group. Kathy said many libraries participate its these sessions in their communities. She noted that the Libras is a resource center; last year Mashpee Library hosted the"Hidden in Plain ighf"exhibit with the Mashpee Schools; people come to the library to look for information such as where do they get help; and this task force is a Town effort. Kathy said it is recognizing that ever community and its residents are impacted by substance use. Kathy said that as part of a recent First Aid/CPR training she and a number of the staff received instruction in the use of Narcan,though the Libras docs not maintain a supply of it for use. Meeting Room Polls The currently approved meeting room policy was reviewed by the Trustees. A lengthy review of the first portion of the policy document began and sorne of the comments/points raised are listed below. Due to time constraints,the latter portion of the inecting room policy will be addressed at the next Trustee meeting,