1992-03-23 City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: 03/23/1992
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Nancy A. Bender, Edward E. Brindle, Diane J. Costa, Margaret L.
DeSantis, Margaret C. Goodwin, and Neil B. Olson
Board members absent: Katherine L. Fanning, Helga Senko, and Nathan T. Shindler
Others present:
Recorder: SheHa Glowacki
Beverly Public Library
Board of Trustees Regular Meeting
March 23, 1992 7:30 PM
Present: Nancy Bender, Edward Brindle, Diane Costa, Margaret DeSantis, Margaret Goodwin, Nell
Olson.
Also present: Thomas Scully, Sheila Glowacki.
Nancy Bender presided.
Ed Brindle moved that the minutes be accepted. Motion passed.
Communication: A note was received from the staff thanking the trustees for the Chinese dinner.
Unfinished business: Committee assignments will remain the same as last year.
Report of the Librarian: 1) The Mayor has not responded to our request for a supplemental
appropriation of $7000. for the additional utility costs of the Hardie building and that would also
qualify us for state aid. We have requested a waiver for state aid. 2) The building project began on
March 9. The stack wing was demolished the first week. Next to happen is the excavation for the
foundation. The General Contractor believes that the project will be done in 10 months. The architect
feels that it will be more like 12. 3) A meeting was held with the abutters to the project. There were
six residents in attendance. They were all supportive. 4) Last Wednesday, the director and assistant
attended a teleeonference on the Americans with Disabilities Act at North Shore Community College.
5) The Assistant Superintendent of Schools and Chairman of the School Committee met with
representatives of the library concerning school/library cooperation. Goals include improved
communication, getting CLSI terminals in the school library, and arrangements where some school
libraries would be open after hours. Nancy Bender commended the Director for his initiative in this
regard.
Committee reports: Long Range Planning: Diane Costa reported on the meeting of March 9. Most
of the focus was on fund raising. One project to raise mon~ will be an appraisal day with Skinner
Associates. Mr. Brindle will see if we can hold it at the Cove Community Center.
New business: Coneeming the money that had been left to construct a children's library, Ed Brindle
moved that the courts be requested to vary the spedtics of the grant of funds so that it could be used
for more general purposes but in the same spirit as intended. Motion passed unanimously.
Next meeting will be April 27th.