1990-04-23 City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: 04/23/1990
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Nancy A. Bender, Edward E. Brindle, Diane J. Coshi, Katherine L.
Fanning, Neil B. Olson, Helga Senko, and Nathan T. Shindler
Board members absent: Susan M. Salt
Others present:
Recorder: Sheila Glowacki
Regular Meeting
Board of Trustees -- Beverly Public Library
April 23, 1990 7:30 PM
Present: Nancy Bender, Edward Brindle, Diane Costa, Kay Fanning, Neil Olson, Helga Senko and
Toby Shindler.
Also present: Thomas Scully, Sheila Gtowacki and Margaret DeSantis.
Nancy Bender presided.
Disposition of the minutes of the previous meeting: Ed Brindle moved that the minutes of the
previous meeting be accepted. Motion passed.
Public presentation to, discussion with the board: The chairman introduced Margaret DeSantis who
is interested in becoming a member of the Board.
Committee reports: Personnel: No report.
Administration: No report.
Finance: No report.
Long Range Planning: No report.
Report of the Librarian: 1) We submitted a budget to City Hall this year that included $10,000. less
for books. The Mayor came back and asked us to cut another $25,000. from the book account
making it a 33% cut in books from last year. The total city budget will be submitted to the Board of
Aldermen on May 7. A letter was received from the Board of Library Commissioners stating that they
will waive the per capita standard and the percentage spent on books as requirements to receive state
aid as long as the local city or town does not cut its library's budget greater than any other
department. 2) The building project is still on hold. The statewide committee that's lobbying for the
grant money is having a series of open houses on the weekend of May 19. The state was divided into
eight regions and each library will host legislators from adjacent communities. Members of this
committee including our director have an appointment with the governor on May 14 to lobby for this
project. 3) Tom presented a landscaping plan that was paid for by the Beverly Farms Improvement
Society for memorial plantings at the Beverly Farms Branch. Ed Brindle moved to accept with thanks
to the Beverly Farms Improvement Society the landscaping plan for the Beverly Farms Branch
Library produced by Randall and Rich and dated January 1990. We express our appreciation for the
work and effort that the Beverly Farms Improvement Society has put into this project on our behalE
Motion passed. Kay Fanring moved that we restrict any planting done at the Farms to only things that
conform to this plan. Motion passed.
Communications: A communication was read from the Assistant Director requesting a leave of
absence for the purpose of finishing degree work in Public Administration. Neil Olson moved that the
Board of Trustees grant the Assistant Director a paid leave of absence to finish her degree work
subsequent to approval of the Board of Aldennen. Motion passed.
The next meeting of the Board will be May 14, 1990.
Meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m.
A demonstration of an on-line card catalog was given after the meeting.
Shdla Glowacki - Recorder