1991-02-25 City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: 02/25/1991
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Nancy A. Bender, Edward E. Brindle, Diane J. Costa, Margaret L.
DeSantis, Margaret C. Goodwin, Helga Senko, and Nathan T. Shindler
Board members absent: Katherine L. Fanning, and Nell B. Olson
Others present:
Recorder: She~la Glowacid
Regular Meeting
Board of Trustees -~ Beverly Public Library
Monday, February 25, 1991 7:30 PM
Present: Nancy Bender, Edward Brindle, Diane Costa, Margaret DeSantis, Margaret Goodwin, Helga
Senko and Toby Shindler.
Also present: Thomas Scu!ly and Sheila Glowacid.
Nancy Bender presided.
Disposition of the minutes of the previous meeting: Edward Brindle moved that the minutes of the
previous meeting be accepted as presented. Motion passed.
There were no committee reports.
Building Commission: The Director reported that the Commission met three weeks ago and then
again last week. The architect was authorized to resume work on the project. The Commission also
asked the architect to prepare a new time line and budget estimate. The Director and Assistant
Director have been investigating possibilities for temporary quarters for the library during
construction. Depending on the amount of space we can get we will decide how much of the present
operation we can continue to run. In regards to the house next door, if all goes as planned we should
pass papers around July 1.
Unfinished business: The question of closing the Children's Room in the evenings was discussed.
Members of the Board expressed their concern for doing this and asked that all other options were
exhausted before this was done.
New business: The proposed Proposition 2 ~ overfide for the City of Lynn's library was discussed.
The question of discontinuing service to Lynn residents if the Lynn Library should be dosed was
discussed. It was the feeling of the Board that it is each city's responsibility to provide library service
for its citizens. However the Board decided to wait until NOBLE had issued a statement on the issue
before making a public statement.
The meeting adjourned at 8:40 PM.
Sheila GlowacE - Recorder