1998-06-02 City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee: Committee of the Whole
Date: 06/02/1998
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Diane J. Costa, Edward E. Brindle, Katherine L. Fanning, Margaret C.
Goodwin, Neil B. Olson, Helga Senko, and John R. Young
Board members absent: Lindsay A. Diehi, and Kevin S. O'Reilly
Others present: Thomas Scully, Library Director and Anna Langstaff, Assistant Library Director
Recorder: Anna Langstaff
Committee of the Whole
Board of Trustees - Beverly Public Library
June 2, 1998 6:00 P.M.
Present: Edward Brindle, Diane Costa, Kay Fanning, Margaret Goodwin, Neil Olson, Helga
Senko, John Young.
Also Present: Thomas Scully, Arma LangstatY
Diane Costa presided.
Trustees met to discuss contracts of Library Director and Assistant Library Director.
Trustees will send a cover letter to Mayor ScanIon requesting that contracts be approved by the City
Council on Monday, June 15.
Dates under employment, salary, term, dismissal, and termination of employment need to be updated.
There was a discussion of Director' s sick time and vacation benefits.
Neil Olson made a motion, seconded by John Young, to:
having instructed the Chair on the Board' s intention, that the Board formally agrees to
pass the contracts of the Director and the Assistant Director. Motion withdrawn.
Neil Olson made a motion to:
vote to consider the contract under debate for presentation to the Mayor and City
Council within the next 60 days. Motion failed for lack of a second.
Margaret Goodwin made a motion, seconded by John Young, to:
present the Director' s and Assistant Director' s contracts for rmewal with a single change
in the Director's vacation as follows: The Director, upon the annivenary date of his
employment each year during the term ofthis contract, shall be enti~ed to 20 days vacation
time during the years 1-19 and 25 days during the years 20 and beyond. Motion passed.
Diane Costa will set up an appointment with Tom L 'Iralien, Human Resources Manager for the city.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:20 P.M.
Anna Langstaff~ Recorder