Josiah Carpenter Library Trustees Meeting
Minutes of the Josiah Carpenter Library Trustees Meeting
June 9, 2009

The meeting of the Trustees of the Josiah Carpenter Library was called to order at 6:30 p.m. on June 9, 2009, in the children’s room of the library.
Present: Chair Sylvia Wallace
Treasurer Mary Schelble
Secretary Dana Sansom
Director Roza Benoit

Acceptance of Minutes: The minutes of May 12, 2009, 2009 were accepted with minor changes

Reports:

Directors Report:
• Roza went over Information and materials that she got at the NHLA Spring Conference
• She took a seminar on Serving Patrons with special needs and was interested in looking into services for this population.
• The library is going to purchase two back -up hard drives and Harry Pike will set them up.
• The community Outreach Coffee and bagels for the Fire Department has brought in two new patrons.

Treasurer’s Report:
Discussion ensued with the library director relating to the main items she is working on for the 2010 Budget: salaries, books and computers. While mentioning these considerations, the trustees decided that more circulation hours were needed now in the 2009 year to add to filling upper and lower floors with personnel.

A motion was made by Mary authorizing Roza to hire someone at 6 hours a week at $7.25 an hour which will equal $44.26 per week. This is for the current year only and figuring out the line items to cover these expenses will be addressed at the next meeting in July. The motion was seconded by Sylvia. Motion carried.

Treasurers and the director’s reports were accepted.

Old Business:

Building Maintenance update:
The Attic insulation still has not been done and the furnace has not been cleaned. The town administrator will look into it.

New Business

Walk around- The annual walk around commenced at 6:30 and ended at 7:00

Current problems noted:

1 A rusty lintel over the back door of the fire exit was noted.

2. Barberry bushes which line the left hand side of the building are on the NH Invasive
Plant list. There was a discussion whether to remove them.

3. The bowing of the wall around the handicap ramp is unsafe and needs to be fixed
ASAP.

4. Planting daylilies around the handicapped sign was suggested by Dana to prevent
erosion.

5. Windows in the upstairs hallway need replacement. The selectmen were looking at
replacing them.

Resolved problems noted:

1. The library ceiling was scraped and painted by Bill Provencal and Mark Wallace in
2008 and looks fine.

2. Leaking in the furnace room has been resolved with the help of Selectman Larry
Konopka.

Next Meeting:
The next meeting will be on July 14, 2009.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:25 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Dana M. Sansom
Secretary