12/11/2001 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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Public Library P.O. Box 657 Mashpee, 1' a 02649 Circulation for the month- f October 2001..totaled 85214.items. This is slightly less than last October(348 items les W aye sfiil-se i g-t.hin somewhat slower than usual_ This is probably still due to the S ptemb r 11 attacks and the anthrax incidents. Year-to- date, 45,795 items circulated. I completed the library equipment inventory I mentioned in-last month's report. Ihave. sent the inventory to-Joyce Mason with a memo stating the library is under-insured and the Town should have an appraiser look at the contents with-the intention to increase coverage. The building is insured for$469,407 and the contents for only $ o, 492. The collection current ly stands-at about 34,00o items,so-it's-obvious that has of been included in the insurance figures. I met with Mrs. Mason to discuss the library's submission to the CIP budget. As w discussed at last month's meeting-, Svc-need to get thelibrary-project back'on trach. She assured m e that building a library is-still a high priority. - I-looped to her for guidance for how to enter our project. We agreed-a tie--year phase made the-most se ser for funding purposes. I have eater $350,000-for preliminary design in-EY-20035 $100;040 inFY 2004 for final design and bidding documents and $4,000,000 in FY-2005 for constructing and equipping the library. I have run these figures past.David.Burton,wilding Committee chairman, before submission and he concurred with that approach. 11 nformed Mrs. Mason't t�a j oiht-meding ofe tee uildin -Committee was scheduled for November 13 . Haring a Aecisn-cin the..site will be the first step, She 5, suggested a meeting be held goon after haat with Fields Peint t -explore which site would be best for the library. ` lls lnfornato �1 cr� oalbefore esgn bcgns and should be decided before a neer RFP for design is initiated. During the month, $951.65 in overdue fines were collected and turned over to the Treasurer"s office. Year-to-date, fines collected totaled $32211.70. k