2009-10-27
City of Beverly, Massachusetts
Public Meeting Minutes
Board: Library Trustees
Subcommittee:
Date: Tuesday, October 27,2009 7:00 P.M.
Place: Beverly Public Library
Board members present: Mary Behrle, Alyse Gause, Dennis Geller, John Kelley, Anthony
Kline, Neil Olson, Kevin O'Reilly, and Joanne Panunzio
Board members absent: Kathleen McMahon
Others present: Patricia Cirone, Greg Pronovitz
Recorder: John Kelley
Joanne Panunzio presided.
Anthony Kline made the motion, seconded by Dennis Geller, to accept the minutes of September
22, 2009 as read. Motion passed.
Public Presentation
Greg Pronovitz of the Northeast Regional Massachusetts Library System discussed
Massachusetts open meeting law and library trust funds.
Committee Reports
Personnel: No report.
Administration: No report.
Finance: No report.
Long Range Planning: No report.
Report of the Library Director
1) Monday Mornings: Mayor Scanlon would like the Monday Mornings lecture series to
continue. The spring series will have lectures every other Monday. 2) Montserrat College
payment: Patricia Cirone is tracking down $10,000 payment from Montserrat College to the
City. 3) HV AC: Patricia Cirone is waiting to hear back from Mike Collins about his meeting
with National Grid. Because of delays at National Grid, no contract was signed last year.
4) Bookmobile: Patricia Cirone is reviewing specs for a new bookmobile. 5) State Aid Waiver:
The library will need to apply for a waiver based on the MAR (Municipal Appropriation
Requirement). 6) Ethics Testing: The city clerk reported that all city employees and board
members will have to take an ethics test.
Communications
None
Unfinished Business
1) Meeting Room Policy: Meeting room policy will be discussed at the November meeting.
2) Community Read: Mary Behrle reported on "Beverly Reads" planning.
New Business
1) Exhibit Policy: Patricia Cirone reported that a request was made to exhibit paintings of nudes
in the Sohier Room. Patricia Cirone asked trustees to consider the potential conflict between
freedom of expression and community standards for art displays in the Sohier Room. Trustees
decided that exhibit policy can stand as is. 2) Will Barnet: Will Barnet exhibit at Endicott
College, opening reception on November 19. 3) Beverly Bookmobile book: Susan Richardson
has written a children's book about the bookmobile. Copies are available for sale. 4) November
meeting: Joanne Panunzio asked if trustees wanted to change November meeting from the 24th to
the 1 ih. Alyse Gause made the motion, seconded by Mary Behrle, to:
change the November 2009 meeting from November 24 to November 17. Motion
passed.
The next regular meeting of the Board will be Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 7:00 P.M. at the
Main Library.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:45 P.M.