1997-01-28 City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: 01/28/1997
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Diane J. Costa~ Edward E. Brindle, Katherine L. Fanning, Neil B.
Olson, Kevin S. O'Reilly, Helga Senko, and John R. Young
Board members absent: Lindsay A. DieM, and Margaret C. Goodwin
Others present:
Recorder: Anna Langstaff
Regular Meeting
Board of Trustees - Beverly Public Library
January 28, 1997 7:00 P.M.
Present: Edward Brindle, Diane Costa, Kay Fanning Neil Olson, Kevin O~,eilly, Helga Senko, John
Young.
Also Present: Thomas Scully, Anna Langstaff
Diane Costa presided.
Kay Fanning made the motion, seconded by John Young, to accept the minutes of December 9, 1996
as read. Motion passed.
Committee Reports
Personnel: Diane Costa inquired about the evaluation process for the Library Director. Neil Olson
will distribute an evaluation schedule at the March Board meeting. Board is responsible for evaluating
the Library Director; Library Director is responsible for evaluating his staff.
Administration: No report.
Finance: Members of the Finance Committee have received FY98 budget figures. Finance Committee
will meet Thursday, February 13, 1997 at 4:00 P.M. to discuss FY98 budget. Long Range Planning:
1) There was a discussion of who would like to chair or co-chair this committee. 2) Deadline for long
range plan is June. 3) Edward Brindle asked if fund raising activities would be a pan of long range
planning. The president of the Beverly Guild of Artists asked if the Beverly Public Library would be
willing to host or sponsor an an auction or sale. Edward Brindle will get more information from the
Guild. Kevin O'Reilly wondered whether a policy should be written to include such an arrangement.
Report of the Library Director
1) INTERNET Legal Opinion: Tom Scully distributed copies of Middlesex DA's legal opinion on the
use of the INTERNET to conduct public business. 2) Furniture: Wooden chairs will arrive around
February 28; paperback racks will arrive around March 28. Friends of the Beverly Public Library may
buy some soft seating for second floor reading rooms. 3) Lofing donation: Jonathan B. Loring
donated fifteen shares of WMX Technologies, Inc., valued at $501.56, to the Beverly Farms Library.
Loring donations comprise half of the mount needed for Farms building feasibility study. The rest
of the funds will come from Farms Friends donations, library money, and perhaps more Loring
donations. 4) Entry apse: Mayor Scardon agreed to fund half of the cost to fix the entry apse at the
Main Library. Tom Seully will apply for a grant from the State Historical Commission to fund the
other half of the cost to fix the entry apse. 5) Young Adult Grant: Kevin MeGrath is putting together
a grant proposal to try to obtain upgraded INTERNET terminals for each of the Beverly Public
School libraries. This would enable them to connect to Noble and the on-line periodical index. 6)
Upgraded INTERNET connection: Service to upgrade our INTERNET connection will be installed
within the next few weeks. Date for public access has not been determined. Eventually the library will
have a web page.
Communications
1 ) John Young reported that Richard Roberrs will do his benefit lecture for the library on Wednesday,
April 9.
Unfinished Business
1) Library Promotion: Recreation Department brochure may include library and Council on Aging
programs for the Fall. Tom Scully and Anna Langstaffwill meet with Lindsay Diehl to discuss library
promotion ideas. 2) Committees: If anyone is interested in serving on or thairing a committee contact
Diane Costa.
New Business
1) Loring Stocks: Kay Fanning made the motion, seconded by Neil Olson, to:
Accept Jonathan B. Loring's git~ of WMX Technologies, Inc. stock valued at $ 501.56 to be
allocated to the Beverly Farms Library. Motion passed.
The next meeting of the Board will be Tuesday, February 25, 1997 at 7:00 P.M. at the Main Library.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:15 P.M.
Anna Langstaff, Recorder