2/1/2007 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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BOAR F LIBRARY TRUSTEES ,.. REGULAR MONTHLY TING THIJRSDAY,FEBRUARY 19 2007 MAS EE LIBRARY Present. favid Burton, Carlo ' ste,Heather lakatos,Dianna Smith,Nancy Soderberg(arrived at 6:50 p.m.), and Helene.L eFoe,.library Director. Absent: Nancy Stafford, and Ann MacDonald-Dailey. Chairman favid Burton called the meeting to order at 6:40 p.m. Avoroval of Minutes Dianna Smith motioned to accept the minutes of January 9, 2007 as amended;favid Burton seconded this motion; and all Trustees present unanimously approved the notion, Reports Helene distributed copies of her monthly report for January, as well as Janet urke's monthly report. Copies of these reports are attached to the printed set of these r nutes. As explained in Helene's Helen' report, the CLAMS monthly comparison report is not yet available and therefore not provided at this meeting. Helene's report was reviewed and discussed at length. Turing the discussion Carlo asked: What if we were able to get some type of dorm payment from the State? Helene reminded the Trustees that according to Patience Jackson it is possible this summer we could get the first %of the Mate grant. Provosed-New Masi ee Librarl Build' David Burton distributed a copy of a document entitled Summary of Status of Planning for the New Mashpee Library. This document was well received by the Trustees and was discussed at lcngth. A copy of the document is attached to the printed set of these minutes. Some of the highlights of the Trustee discussion included the following: The Stewart Roberts' presentation at the January 23rd Planrdng and Construction Meeting was done in a clear manner and looping at the nurnbers it shows Town really needs to look at building the larger building under the State grant. Trustees' opin*on is it would be folly to pick another design. David informed the Trustees he had a casual conversation with Selectmen Cook and with Selectmen Myers to ensure that information on budding project put forth in the past wasreaching the Selectmen ,and to express our wish that Torn Article be supported by thern. Carlo suggested that we should state clearly that the grant was increased by 15%to $2,934,541. Also, make known fact that Representative Turkington filed a$100 million library Construction Bond Bill January.22, 2007. Helene stated that Carolyn Noah sent out a notice that Lieutenant Governor Murray(was Mayor of Worcester) is going to do a Podcast for the middle school in Shrewsbury in support of libraries. David said he will forward a Copy of the notice to the Trustees. moww