1986-11-17 City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: 11/17/1986
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Kathleen M. Henrichon, Edward E. Brindle, Katherine L. Fanning,
Keyin J. Murphy, Neil B. Olson, Susan M. Salt, Nathan T. Shindler, and Nancy A. White
Board members absent: Frances J. McCarthy
Others present: Diane J. Costa, Vada Komich, League of Women Voters
Recorder: Sheila Glowacki
Regular Meeting
Board of Trustees -- Beverly Public Library
November 17, 1986 7:30 PM
Present: Edward Brindle, Kay Fanning, Kathleen Henrichon, Kevin Murphy, Neil Olson, Susan Salt,
Toby Shindler, Nancy White
Also Present: Diane Costel, Vada Komich, League of Women Voters; Jon Ekstrom, Beverly Times;
Tom Seully; Sheila Glowacki
Kathleen Henrichon presided.
Disposition of the minutes of the previous meeting: Under the Administration Committee report the
phrase "by the assistant city solicitor and the building commission" was inserted in the second
sentence between the words "decided" and "to". Nancy White moved that the minutes be approved
as amended. Motion passed.
Committee reports: Personnel: Mr. Shindler asked Sheila Glowacki to read the minutes of the
October 28, Personnel Committee meeting.
Mr. Brindle distributed a sample policy concerning the use of drags and alcohol by employees. Board
members were asked to review the document to be discussed at the next meeting.
Concerning the Director's salary, Mr. Shindler is still trying to meet with the mayor concerning the
matter.
Administration: Mr. Murphy reported that he had sent a letter to Mr. Petronzio asking him if he could
meet with Mr. Scully and Mr. Murphy to discuss the placement of the plaque for Joe Vittori.
Concerning the roof, the matter is now in the hands of the city solicitor. Mr. Murphy has requested
documentation for his files.
Another request for a resident parking sticker has been made. This was referred to the Administration
Committee for study.
Finance: Mr. Scully reported that he met with the Finance Commmittee and discussed items that he
would like to see accomplished within the next couple of years. Two items that he would like to
request are $5,000 for maintenance at the Farms and a 10% increase in the book budget. The Finance
Committee will be meeting again to discuss priorities.
Long Range Planning: Nancy White reported that the L.R.P. Committee met on October 27 and was
in contact with the assistant city solicitor by phone who advised that the next step was to request a
building commission be set up. Kathy Henrichon contacted the mayor and requested that Neil Olson,
John Coogan, and John Quinn be appointed to the Building Commission. The mayor accepted the
recommendations and appointed them to the Commission. President Henrichon extended a sincere
thanks to Nancy White and the members of the L.R.P. Committee for their hard work and bringing
the building program to this phase.
Librarian's Report: 1) Asbestos removal at Farms - Kay Fanning, Susan Wise,
Frances Trowt have agreed to serve on the commission. Specifications are being drawn up to go out
to bid and hopefully it will be just a one or two day job. 2) Circulation statistics for the Farms were
distributed. Circulation is up as compared to same period last year. 3) Mr. Scully was approached by
Bob Perron about acquiring some Lucy Larcom and Henry Adams letters that we own. 4) Mr. Scully
was approached by a collection agency to see if we would want to use their services to retrieve long
overdue books. He will study our situation and see if our situation warrants it. 5) Preliminary ideas
for an advertising campaign by Mullen Advertising were distributed. These could be used as
newspaper ads, direct mailing eirculars, posters etc. These would promote the library expansion,
announcing the new bookmobile and also a promotional piece for the Friends.
Communications: A note was received from Will Barnet thanking the Board for naming the upstairs
meeting room for him.
New business: Nancy White moved to notify the clerk of committees that the bookmobile is surplus
property and may be disposed of as the city sees fit. Motion passed.
The Director is in the process of writing the specifications for the new bookmobile. He and Mr.
Shindler will visit North Reading to view a truck that is similar to what we want.
Kay Fanning announced that the Farms Branch will have its annual Christmas Open House on
Wednesday, December 10 from 3-5 p.m.
The next meeting will be Monday December 15, 1986 at 7:30 p.m.
The meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
Sheila Glowacki - Recorder