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1946-11-29City of Beverly, Massachusetts Public Meeting Minutes Board: Library Trustees Subcommittee: Date: 11/29/1946 Place: Beverly Public Library Board members present: Thomas F. Delaney, John C. Birmingham, Louisa V. Conrad, Lawrence E. Foster, and William A. Rowe Board members absent: W. Lincoln Boyden, Jr., Thomas J. Casey, Robert O. Small, and B. Frederick Yoffa Others present: Recorder: Marjorie H. Stanton Beverly, November 29, 1946 The regular meeting of the Board of Trustees was held at the Library on Friday, November 29, at 7:30 P.M. with Mr. Delaney, Mrs. Conrad, and Messrs. Birmingham, Foster, and Rowe in attendance. The records of the regular meeting of October 31 and of the special meeting held at the Farms on November 15 were read and approved. The Finance Committee presented for the consideration of the Board the budget which had been preferred at the Committee meeting held on November 22. This called for a larger appropriation for the item Pages & Substitutes, since it is no longer possible to obtain part time workers at 25 and 35 cents an hour; but no increase was asked for regular members of the Staff since it is understood that this matter will be taken care of by the City Government. Estimated cost of Maintenance was increased to meet rising costs of practically all times on the budget. The Board voted to approve this recommendation and to send to the City Government a budget calling for $26,073.80 under the item Salary and $12,275.00 under the item Maintenance. It was further voted that this be accompanied by a letter prepared by Mr. Small, explaining why increases in salary had not been asked for and why additional appropriations for Maintenance were so necessary. It was voted to put Mrs. Deborah McGann on as Farms Librarian at a beginning salary of $1260.00 and to request the Mayor to appropriate sufficient money to make the position of janitor at the Farms Branch a full-time instead of a part-time job. Voted: to then make the hours of opening at the Branch 2 P.M. to 8 P.M. - Wednesdays through Fridays; and 10 A.M. to 6 P.M. on Saturdays. The Committee on Circulation recommended the purchase of 87 new titles and the acceptance of 21 gifts. This recommendation was approved. It was voted to ask Mr. Matthew Bartlett, Mrs. Howard Doane and Messrs. Arthur Dupee, Thomas Toomey and John Trowt to serve for the year 1947 as members of a Committee of Farms residents to consult with the Branch Committee of the Trustees on matters pertaining to the Branch Library. Mrs. Conrad, as Chairman of the Library Branch Committee, will serve as Chairman of this joint committee. Voted: to accept with regret the resignation of Mrs. Edna Hurlburt who has been a member of the Staff for over twenty years and who is retiring on December 3 1st. It was left with Mr. Delaney and Miss Stanton to make necessary adjustments and fill vacancies on the Staff. Because of the Holidays, the December meeting will be omitted. Adjourned Marjorie H. Stanton Secretary