DPL Board of Trustees Minutes
Davis Public Library
Stoddard, NH
Board of Trustees
Date: July 10, 2019
Type of Meeting: Regular Monthly meeting
Time: 1PM
Present: Angel Nicoletti, Lexie Currie, Inga Cullen
Absent: Margo Santoro, Secretary; Geri Bailey, Alternate.
- Call to Order at 1PM
- Attendees: Angel Nicoletti, Lexie Currie, Inga Cullen. Agenda approved.
- Minutes of June meeting approved with th correction that Angel Nicoletti
Was present.
- Correspondence – none.
- No public present
- Reports
- Financial Report approved. Lexie, as scheduled, sent a letter to the
Town Administrator requesting the $11,750 approved at the May
Town meeting for the Davis Library for FY 2020.
- Library Director – numbers on all data collection points were up
this June compared with last June except for in-house checkouts which
may be attributed to Inga orienting herself to her new position. Yoga
attendance totaled 33; Science Tellers attendance at TH was
at 16 was less than expected. A Planetarium program is planned in
July. It was decided that the Library does not have the space for a
a bookshelf offered to the DPL by a patron.
3. Action Items Review
a. Motion by Angel, second by Lexie to accept Brian Wakeman’s
estimate of $150 to do the book shelf painting. Inga will contact
him.
b Gazebo ramp has been delivered and paid for.
- Front door flooding not yet addressed. Angel to have Jim and Bob
assess the area for a solution.
- Movie license – Inga will ask the Friends to pay for it, if she
determines that there are not too many limitations for use.
Marketing- Inga made a template for publicity coordination of
programs.
- Lawn Improvement – Inga and Lexie asked David Lesser for his
advice. He put fertilizer on. Angel will put lawn improvement on
the Calendar.
- Little Free Libraries – Jan McGonagle sent a picture of the “Little
Library” she will purchase and install once a site is chosen. The BOS
told Jim they are against having it at Island Pond b/c of boat and
car traffic and liability.
- The cost for Inga to become a Notary is $75. Inga will find out
how much the stamp costs.
- Jim didn’t know off-hand when Tattersal changes the Town batteries.
Angel will call Tattersal for the schedule so we can put it on the DPL
Calendar.
4. Old Business
a. Rules of Procedure adopted as drafted by Lexie. Motion by Angel,
second by Lexie.
b. Library Volunteer policy reviewed and approved as updated in 2010.
Motion by Angel, second Lexie.
c. Resources for visually impaired patrons- deferred until October.
5. New BusinessI
a. Improvements List reviewed. Lawn improvement to be added to the
Calendar. Inga to type and distribute.
b. Library Website – Inga has spoken with website designer, Fiona
Hudson who advises a custom website which will cost $150/year to
maintain . Cost includes the domain name. She estimates she could
develop the website in about 20-25 hours charging $25/hour. Inga
will distribute the proposal for review at the August meeting.
6. Announcements- none.
7. Next meeting – August 21st.
8. Adjourned at 3:50p
Submitted by Angel Nicoletti
Action Items and Directives
- Ask Brian Wakeman to paint the bookshelves - Inga.
- Speak to Jan about different site for Little Free Library- Angel.
- Distribute website proposal to Trustees.- Inga Put website proposal on August agenda – Angel
- Retype and distribute Improvements List – Inga
- Type updated Volunteer policy – Lexie.
- Put monthly Trustee meetings on the Town Calendar. – Inga
- Put Tattersal battery changes on DPL Calendar-Angel
Motions
- Accept brian Wakeman’s Bookshelf painting estimate of $150.
Motion by Angel, Second by Lexie.
- Rules of Procedure adopted as drafted. Motion by Angel, second by Lexie.
- Volunteer policy accepted as amended in 2010. Motion by Angel, second
Lexie.