2006-12-19
City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board:
Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date:
Tuesday, December 19, 2006 7:30 PM
Place:
Bella Mia Restaurant
Board members present:
Todd Balf, Alyse Gause, John Kelley, Anthony Kline, Kathleen
McMahon, Neil Olson, Kevin O’Reilly, and Joanne Panunzio
Board members absent:
Helga Senko
Others present:
Patricia Cirone, Anna Langstaff, Rose Olson
Recorder:
Anna Langstaff
Todd Balf presided.
Public Presentation
None
Committee Reports
Personnel: No report.
Administration: No report.
Finance: No report.
Long Range Planning: Alyse Gause reported that the Long Range Planning Committee met on
December 12 and worked on finalizing the rough draft of the survey.
Report of the Library Director
1) Trust Funds and Building Funds: Pat Cirone met with John Dunn to go over the Library’s trust
funds and Farms Building Fund. 2) FY2008 Budget: The increase in minimum wage will impact
library pages. Pat Cirone will review figures for full and part-time employees to allow for
Sunday hours. 3) Linda Caravaggio: Linda Caravaggio, bookmobile librarian, was honored at the
City Council meeting on December 18. 4) Skylight: Skylight above fiction stacks has been
shrink wrapped. All fiction books have been moved back into fiction stacks. 5) Fan Window:
Farms fan window has been secured. Plexiglas has been placed on both sides.
Communications
None
Unfinished Business
1) Lou Jones: Alyse Gause reported that the Friends have invited Lou Jones to speak at the
Library in April. There will also be an exhibit of his photographs.
New Business
None
Long Range Planning Committee will meet on Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at 6:30 PM at the Main
Library.
The next regular meeting of the board will be Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at the Main Library.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:10 PM.