DECEMBER 20, 2005

 

Present were: Elaine Dates; Robert V. Dilts, Lisa Perault

Absent: Margot Callaghan; Alice Winn

 

The meeting was called to order at 5:05 p.m. Lisa moved that the

secretary's report be approved; Elaine seconded the motion; which then passed

unanimously.

 

Lisa presented the treasurer's report, which was discussed.

Bob reported that he and Margot had attended the December meeting of

the Friends. Alice is scheduled to attend the next meeting, which will be

in January. They will not hold a February meeting.

 

The Board went into executive session at 5:27 p. m. and emerged at 5:47p.m.

Bob moved that the budget for 2006-2007 be approved. Lisa seconded this,

which then passed unanimously.

 

It was decided to hold a welcoming reception for Judah Hamer, the new

library director, on Thursday, January 12th, from 4 to 6 p.m. Town employees

and residents will be invited. Announcements will be placed in the library,

town offices, and the supermarket. The notice of this will also be placed in the

Shelburne News, the Burlington Free Press, and on the TV stations.

 

The Board then turned its attention to revisions of the po11cies of the

Board. They went over the Comments that Connie had made about the policies

and the differences she noted between them and the rules that other librarians were following. The Board wondered why special regulat1ons were in place for

Burlington residents and recommended that they be discontinued. Part I:

Library Users Item 4 was deleted. In Part I: Fines and Fees, Item 2;

the last sentence was deleted and replaced by "Refunds will not be made for

materia1s that are later returned to the library." Part I: Circulation: the

number of audio books a patron may check out at one time was reduced to six.

Part I: Hours and Holidays, Martin Luther King Day was shifted down to the

list of observed holidays.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 6:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

 

Robert V. Dilts

Secretary