1977-02-17 City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: 02/17/1977
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: John R. Coogan, Lester C. Ayers, Katherine L. Fanning, Douglas L.
Henderson, Oleg M. Pohotsky, and Beatrice R. Vitale
Board members absent: Diane M. Isenberg, Caleb Loring III, and Frances M. Moran
Others present:
Recorder: Eleanor M. Scully
Beverly Public Library
Board of Trustees Regular Meeting
Thursday, February 17, 1977 7:30 p.m.
Present: Mr. Coogan, presiding; Mr. Pohotsky, Mrs. Vitale, Mr. Ayers, Mrs. Fanning and Mr.
Henderson.
Mr. Coogan welcomed new board member, Mr. Douglas Henderson.
Minutes of the January 20, 1977, meeting were approved.
Mr. Coogan was unanimously elected President of the Board of Trustees for 1977.
Mrs. Vitale was unanimously elected Secretary.
Committee Reports:
Committee on Administration: No report.
Committee on Finance: Mr. Coogan reported on meeting with Mayor Vitale to go over
1977/78 FY budget. Mayor has deleted from:
Salaries
Clerk-typist position 3 pages were cut from our request
Total approved for salaries - $295,299.63
Maintenance
Total approved $94,950 and promised to give us State Aid money.
Equipment Typewriters deleted Snowblower $700 approved Lawn mower $200
approved Fire alarm system - deleted Storm windows (requested 13)
approved for 7 windows - $1,500 Bookmobile - deleted
Librarians report:
Circulation - Second week of keeping tally of non-resident borrowing for Mass.
Bureau of Library Extension (Jan 31 -Feb. 6) showed 111 books borrowed at Main
Library, 30 from Farms.
Reference - Report of Mr. Dugan's attendance at American Library Association
meeting in Washington, D.C. , on deaf services. Trouble with teenagers ( 12-17) using
library as a hangout.
Farm - Teenage boys causing discipline problems. Report on L.S.C.A. grant
($10,000) for Special Children received last July,
Children's Dept. - March reading club will have St. Patrick as them. Winners to
receive paperbacks.
Audio-visual - Record albums being inventoried and recatalogued. Two garden
seminars conducted with Steve Boger. Plans begun for working with Reference Dept.
on videotape programs for deaf community working with NSCC A/V department and
using much of their equipment.
Old Business - None
New Business - 1977/78 FY Program Budget discussed and approved.
Discussion of ideas for expenditure of $14,380.50 State Aid received in December, 1976.
Draperies for Adult Reading Room and Children's Room, need for new record bins, and new
shelving for periodicals. Mrs. Scully mentioned possible need of additional money in
Periodicals account. This matter to be discussed further at next meeting.
Annual Report for 1975-76 approved.
Mr. Pohotsky reported on final presentation by students from Boston Architectural Center
on January 27, 1977. Three presentations for proposed renovations were:
1. Basically modifying and rearranging first and second floors.
2. Substantial change in main floor.
3. Involved changing first floor and floor oftraftic. Mr. Coogan instructed Mrs. Scully
to get expenses, reports and copies of lay-outs from them.
Request from Mr. Zukroff, Audio-Visual librarian, for approval for making stickers for use
by personnel on their cars in our parking lot. Approval granted.
Letter from Mr. Green, custodian, requesting special police to be stationed in main library to
help curb the discipline problems caused by teenagers using the library as a hangout discussed.
Mrs. Seully suggested some definite policy should be made. Input by staff requested to help
formulate a policy.
Two employees now under Mayor Vitale's anti-recessional fund, Mrs. Betty Connolly (former
CETA employee) and Ms. Sharon Fleming assigned to Circulation Desk. A new CETA
employee, Made Dubuisson, will work in Circulation & Cataloguing Depts.; also assist in the
Children's Room.
Mass. Rehabilitation Center proposal to put 20-yr. old totally deaf girl to work here is to wait
until new Head Librarian is appointed.
Adjournmere: 10:00 p.m.
Eleanor M. Scully
Acting Clerk