2009-03-24
City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: Tuesday, March 24,20097:00 P.M.
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Alyse Gause, Anthony Kline, Neil Olson, Kevin O'Reilly, and Joanne
Panunzio
Board members absent: Dennis Geller, John Kelley, Kathleen McMahon
Others present: Patricia Cirone, Anna Langstaff
Recorder: Anna Langstaff
Joanne Panunzio presided.
The City Clerk had not sworn in Kevin O'Reilly for his new term so there was no quorum.
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) Proposed FY20 1 0 Budget: Patricia Cirone proposed 2 versions of the FY20 1 0 budget, one
level-funded and one with a 7% cut. 2) Requests Not Picked Up: Patricia Cirone would like to
institute a fine for people who do not pick up their reserved materials. Trustees and Patricia
Cirone will discuss this further. 3) Upcoming programs: current events course, pancake
breakfast, young adult poetry contest, and bookmobile book fair.
Communications
None
Unfinished Business
1) Legislative breakfast: Alyse's photograph of Mayor Scanlon at the library's legislative
breakfast will appear in the Beverly Citizen.
New Business
None
The next regular meeting of the Board will be Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 7:00 P.M. at the Main
Library.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8: 15 PM.