DPL Board of Trustees Minutes

Regular Meeting
Meeting date: 
Wednesday, February 19, 2020

DAVIS PUBLIC LIBRARY

STODDARD, NH

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

DATE: February 19, 2020

TIME: 1:00 pm. 

 

TYPE OF MEETING: Regular Monthly Board Meeting of the Trustees of the Davis Public Library

PRESENT:  Angel Nicoletti-Chair, Inga Cullen-Director, Alexia Currie-Treasurer (by telephone), Debbie Kingsbury-Alternate, and Frankie Scofield-Secretary. 

ABSENT: Geri Bailey-Alternate

PUBLIC PRESENT, COMMENTS: None

 

1. Call to Order at _1:09p.m. 

a. Roll call: Angel, Inga, Alexia, Debbie, Frankie

b. Minutes of January 13, 2020: Accepted as presented and read.

 

2. Reports

a. Financial:  Accepted as presented and read.

b. Library Director:  Inga gave her report and showed report that all book loans and program attendance have gone up since last year.  Electronic checkouts are down, but that maybe due to Biblionix being fully authenticated and library patrons now need to use a password to log in. The band, ‘Fortune’s Favor’ is scheduled to play on February 28, 2020, also, Inga is excited about ‘Super Seussday, March 2nd.  She will be completing the state statistics this February and March, and possible grants. (State report is due mid-March).

 

3. Review progress on action items. Budget Proposals* 

Alexia made a motion to move the budget proposals to the end of our meeting agenda. Angel seconded; motion passed.

4. Old business:

a. General Information Sheet:  Frankie corrected Martha’s telephone number and emailed to trustees and staff today.

b. Parking lot stripping:  On hold.

c. Water filter replacement: It was suggested by the vendor, Aqua-Aid, to change if water pressure changes, or water becomes dark.  

d. Battery replacement on pump alarm:  Has been replaced. 

e. Front door flooding:  Schedule gutter installation, sometime in April, Angel left a message for RainFlow, Inc. 

f.  Website: Inga still waiting on this project.

5. New Business:

a. Terms/elections:  Frankie needs to run, but Frankie stated that ‘I am not going to run, stepping down’.  Alternates are appointed yearly: Deb and Geri.

Lexie’s term expires.  Angel will be scouting for replacements for two trustees.

b. May conference:  Holding off.

c. Personnel evaluations:  Thinking about doing in March.

d. Emergency Policy:  Inga discussed with the BOD, ‘should we be open ‘if’ some school children get dropped off at the library, and should we be calling their parents for pick-up?’.  Nothing finalized. 

e. Clif Grant:  Due April 29th.  Inga is hoping Bonnie might be willing to help her. 

 

 

 

*3. Review progress on action items. Budget Proposals.

Board and staff went over several reports that Alexia and Inga summited to the BOD to review and discuss.

Angel to bring our proposed budget to Jim Coffey to review. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Next meeting date:  March 18th at 1 pm.

 

8. Adjournment at approx. 3:03 p.m.

 

9. Submitted or recorded by _Frankie Scofield, Secretary

 

 

 

 

Summary list: 

 

Motions: 

Move to discuss budget at end of agenda, made by Alexia, seconded by Angel, passed by BOD.

 

Action Items and Directives:

Angel to bring our proposed budget to Jim Coffey.

Future agenda items- Improvements list and NHPDIP- Angel.