Board of Trustees Regular Session Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Present: Dustin Lewis, Vicki Matsumori, Ali Lyddall, Brent Gardner, Kirsten Woodbury, Jessica Miller
Excused: Sage Fitch
Others: Kim Fong, Murray Library Director; Julia Pehrson, Murray Library Assistant Director; Brittney Casad, Murray Library Staff
1. Call to Order:
Chairman Lewis called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
2. Approval of Minutes:
The minutes for the April 2022 meeting were approved, as written, on a motion made by Brent Gardner. This was seconded by Vicki Matsumori and voting was unanimous in favor.
3. Public Comment:
None
4. Financial Reports:
83% of the year has lapsed and everything is pretty well on budget. Ali Lyddall asked if the 200% on the grants budget line means more grant funds were received than expected and the answer was yes. A motion to receive and file the financial report was made by Ali Lyddall and seconded by Jessica Miller. Voting was unanimous in favor.
5. Board Reports:
None
6. Director’s Report:
Director Fong discussed what outreach programs are currently being done. Storytime in a Bag to five local daycares is an ongoing program. Also, the adult programming librarian, Marilyn, has started going to the Abbington Senior Living Center monthly to do book talks and check items out to the people there. Ali Lyddall asked if all the story times are in-person again and the answer was yes (in the park). She also asked if the book talks at the schools for the summer reading program were happening this year. Director Fong answered that the programming librarians did it a little differently this year and just sent a video to the schools that the teachers can play in their classrooms. Chairman Lewis asked if summer reading will be on the Beanstack app again. Director Fong replied that there will be an option for Beanstack or a paper tracker. The summer reading program will start on June 6th.
7. Old Business:
Brent Gardner stated that term limits need to be discussed. His term will be up in July, but Vice Chairman Fitch’s will renew.
8. New Business:
8.1 Collection Management Policy: Director Fong shared a copy of an updated Collection Management Policy. She stated that she thought some changes should be made so that if anyone wants to challenge a book being on the shelf or ask why a book had been weeded or otherwise removed from the shelf, there would be a firm policy in place. Brent Gardner made a motion to accept the changes to the policy as written. This was seconded by Vicki Matsumori and voting was unanimous in favor.
8.2 June Meeting Date: Director Fong assessed how many board members would be missing from next month’s meeting and decided to move the meeting. Ali Lyddall made a motion to move the meeting to June 8, 2022. This was seconded by Brent Gardner and voting was unanimous in favor.
9. Adjournment:
A motion to adjourn was made by Jessica Miller and seconded by Ali Lyddall. Voting was unanimous in favor. The meeting was adjourned at 6:04 p.m.