03/10/2020 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES MEETING TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2020, 4:00 P.M. MASHPEE PUBLIC LIBRARY CONFERENCE ROOM Present: Ann Macdonald (via telephone), Joan Lyons, Mary LeClair (via telephone), Amanda Hall, Matthew Auger, Virginia Scharfenberg Absent: Sandra Horsman Also Present: Kathy Mahoney- Library Director Carolyn Savage - Assistant Library Director Joan Lyons, Co-Chair, called the meeting to order at 4:03 p.m. Public Comment None Approval of Minutes Joan Lyons motioned to approve the Regular Meeting minutes of January 14, 2020. No vote was taken as there was not a quorum of attendees from last meeting in attendance. Library Director's Report • The Town is wrapping up its annual budget. The Library budget is level funded and there will be no big changes. Union negotiations are currently underway. • Building -the building is 10 years old; there are a couple of HVAC issues. Power surges from a recent storm caused an outage on Sunday. The pilot light went out on Friday and had to be reset. • Shelving reconfigurations - shelving was moved from the director's office to the conference room to be utilized for ongoing book sale items. This will accommodate more items for a larger book sale. Patrons enjoy this and it will generate revenue that we have been missing. The second floor shelves are overflowing and we will weed some of the adult fiction to put in the book sale. The Library Director has attended Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners building workshops that stress that fixtures should be moveable. We have also looked at the possibility of redoing the main circulation desk to allow for staff work space. The metal shelving throughout the building is beginning to chip and rust in some areas. We have looked at replacing some shelving but it's very expensive. • Magazine collection -many magazines are going out of print or offering online only versions. The Library's magazine renewal has increased to $6000 although the number of