2000-01-05City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: January 25, 2000 7:00 P.M.
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Edward Brindle, Lindsay Diehi, Neil Olson, Joanne Panunzio, Helga
Semico, and John Young
Board members absent: Diane Costa, Kay Fanning, Kevin O'Reilly
Others present: Thomas Scully, Anna Langstaff
Recorder: Anna Langstaff
John Young presided.
Lindsay Diehi made the motion, seconded by Edward Brindle, to accept the minutes of the joint
meeting of the Board of Library Trustees, Commissioners of Trust Funds, and Lynch Fund
Trustees of November 23, 1999 as read. Motion passed.
Lindsay Diehi made the motion, seconded by Edward Brindle, to accept the minutes of the
regular meeting of November 23, 1999 as read. Motion passed.
Public Presentation
None
Committee Reports
Personnel: No report.
Administration: No report.
Finance: No report.
Long Range Planning: No report.
Report of the Library Director
1) Copies of the Library Director's report (on file with these minutes) were mailed to trustees. 2)
Tom Scully distributed copies of library's annual report (on file with these minutes). 3) Farms
Library: Fund raising continues. We have reached almost 50% of our goal. 4) Computer
System: Changeover has been completed. There were some glitches. 5) Bookmobile: Body
work and m-painting have been completed. There was a discussion of the age of the
bookmobile, when it would need to be replaced, and how to fund a new bookmobile. 6)
Children's Room Policy: Tom Scully distributed copies of the proposed Children's Room Use
Policy (on file with these minutes). There was a discussion of public interact use. Neil Olson
made the motion, seconded by Lindsay Diehl, to:
accept the Children's Room Use Policy as written. Motion passed.
7) MBLC: Keith FieIs will be coming to the February board meeting to talk about MBLC's
legislative agenda.
Communications
1) Interact Letters: Neil Olson commented on letter to the newspaper in response to intemet
article in the newspaper. 2) Legislative Breakfast: March 3, 2000 at Peabody Institute Library in
Danvers.
Unfinished Business
None
New Business
1) Committee Assignments: Assignments will be made at February meeting.
Public Presentation
None
The next meeting of the Board will be Tuesday, February 22, 2000 at 7:00 P.M. at the Main
Library.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:55 P.M.