Present were: Alice Winn, Lisa Perrault, Robert Dilts, LeeAnn Podruch,

Kip Roberson, Librarian

Barbara Bowen, President of the Friends

Erica Webster, potential Board member

Absent: Nora von Strange

 

Alice called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m. Robert Dilts

moved and Lisa Perrault seconded, that the minutes of the March 12th

meeting be accepted. Alice made two changes in them, after which

they were accepted unanimously.

 

Lisa had been unable to prepare a Treasurer's Report because she

had just received the information from the Town Office that after-

noon. But there is over five thousand dollars in our checking account,

and over nine hundred dollars in the money market account, causing

us to be in sound financial shape. As recommended at our March

meeting, she invested, at the Chittenden Bank, $15,000.00 in a 90-day

CD at a rate of 2.45%.

 

Kip summarized his librarian's report.  He distributed a press release about the Green Mountain Library Consortium's audio book downloading. He discussed the increase in FAX charges and our Simplex contract for xeroxing.

 

The Board expressed its gratitude to the Friends for paying for

the new library cards. The Friends also are considering paying part

of the bill for the cleaning of the library building; the town will

pay half of the bill.

 

Westlawn Hotline provides a service listing grants for public

and school libraries. The cost is $200 per year. Alice suggested

that we hold off becoming involved in this until we see what other

libraries are going to do, and how it works out.

 

LeeAnn Podruch moved that we alter our Bylaws to expand the

number of members of the board from five to seven. Lisa seconded

this. The reasoning behind this increase was:

 

(1) to enable the Board to establish committees which would be more effective; (2) to have more Board members for fund raising during the necessary

expansion of the building;

(3) to lighten the workload of the current Board since we have no support staff. The elections to the Board will become: two members one year; two members a year later; and three members two years later. To start: this year we will

elect two new Board members to replace Lisa and Alice, each for the

normal three-year term. Two additional members will be elected

for a one-year term. In 2009 three members will be appointed for

full three-year terms; one for the expiration of Nora's first term

and the two additional members elected in 2008 for one-year terms.

LeeAnn will write the exact wording of this for inclusion in our

revised Bylaws. The motion was passed unanimously.

 

 

 

 

Tasks for Kip's reception on the 17th were decided.

 

Bob reported that, in general, the Town Official's Educational

Conference at St. Michael's College had informative and useful

sessions for library trustees.

 

Erica Webster is interested in becoming a trustee. Alice will

set up an interview time with Erica.

 

As a part of the National Library Week celebrations, the Board

will take KIp out to dinner on April 21st or 22nd. The next

meeting of the Board was postponed until May 20th.

 

At 5:10 p.m. LeeAnn moved and Lisa seconded, that the meeting

be adjourned. The motion passed unanimously.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Robert V. Dilts

Acting Secretary