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Motion made by George Costa. Motion: I move Article 10 be indefinitely postponed. Motion to indefinitely postpone passes at 8:25 p.m. Article 11 To see if the Town will vote to create a 19 hour Children & Youth Services Librarian Position, Grade 10, Step 1, of the Personnel Administration Plan and further to raise and appropriate $14,372 to be distributed as follows: $13,350 to the Library Salary/Wage Account, $1,022 to the Medicare Account, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Library Board of Trustees Explanation: The library will be adding a part-time position, requiring specialized training in children's services, to provide library services to Mashpee's children. This position will be responsible for planning and implementing children's programs and will offer outreach services to local preschool programs like Mashpee Kid's Klub and Mashpee Head Start. The Library Director has been providing a limited amount of children's services, in addition to her many other duties. Story time for ages 3 to 7 has been offered, but children younger than 3 or older than 7 have needs which cannot be met with the current level of staffing. The need for this position was cited in the library's Long Range Plan of 1994 and was deferred for economic reasons. Continued growth in the number of children in town requires adding this position in FY 1999. The library currently has a staffing level of 3.4 full-time equivalents. The Library Director is the only full-time position at the library. A survey of Cape libraries documented that 12 towns have positions devoted to children's services. Many of these libraries have much smaller yearly circulations than Mashpee but have much larger staffs. In 1997, the Mashpee Library circulated 95,495 items and served an average of 1,094 patrons each week. Circulation over the last five years has increased 27%. The last increase in staffing was a part-time circulation position added in 1995. Recommendation: Finance Committee recommends approval. Motion made by Curtis Frye. Motion: I move Article 11 be voted as printed in the warrant, with the exception of the phrase, "or take any other action relating thereto." Motion passes at 8:31 p.m. Article 12 To see if the Town will vote to reauthorize a property tax work-off voucher system in which income eligible Mashpee residents perform services for the Town in exchange for compensation which can be used for the payment of property taxes, and reauthorize and appropriate $2,000 of the original $5,000 appropriation to the Council on Aging Property Tax Voucher System Account to fund such program for fiscal year 1999, or take any 16