2006-05-23
City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board:
Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date:
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 6:00 P.M.
Place:
Beverly Public Library
Board members present:
Todd Balf, Alyse Gause, John Kelley, Anthony Kline, Neil Olson,
Kevin O’Reilly, Joanne Panunzio, and Helga Senko
Board members absent:
Kathleen McMahon
Others present:
Patricia Cirone
Recorder:
Joanne Panunzio
Todd Balf presided.
Kevin O’Reilly made the motion, seconded by Alyse Gause, to accept the minutes of the Finance
Committee of April 19, 2006 as read. Motion passed.
Joanne Panunzio made the motion, seconded by John Kelley, to accept the minutes of the Full
Board of April 25, 2006 as read. Motion passed.
Public Presentation
None
Committee Reports
Personnel: No report.
Administration: No report.
Finance: No report.
Long Range Planning: Alyse Gause proposed that the Long Range Planning Committee meet
before the summer to begin work on the next long range plan. She recommended that trustees
review the 2001 long range plan. The Long Range Planning Committee will meet Tuesday, June
27, 2006 at 6:30 PM.
Report of the Library Director
1) Budget: Proposed FY2007 library budget has been entered into Munis. Pat Cirone reviewed
FY2006 budget. Pat Cirone met with Mayor Scanlon and John Dunn to review proposed FY2007
budget. 2) PC Reservation Software: Software will relieve the burden on the reference staff of
policing the public PCs. NOBLE hopes to implement this during the summer. 3) NMRLS Grant:
NMRLS is going after a grant to design a marketing plan for libraries. If they receive the grant,
the Beverly Public Library has offered to be a test library. 4) Skylight Roof: There was a roof
rd
leak above the fiction stacks on the 3 floor.
Communications
None
Unfinished Business
None
New Business
None
The next meeting of the board will be Tuesday, June 27, 2006 at 7:00 P.M.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 6:45 P.M.