Library Trustees Meeting Minutes 9/18/23

Meeting of the Monterey Board of Library Trustees

9.18.23 Trustees Minutes

Held at the Monterey Library and via Zoom on September 18, 2023

Trustees Present: Mickey Jervas, Cheryll Zellman, Rebecca Wolin, Judy Kaminstein,

Sam Reggio

Zoom: Nancy Kleban, Carole Clarin

Absent: No one

Director: Mark Makuc

Friends: Cythnia Makuc

Meeting was called to order at 7:03PM

Minutes: The meeting minutes were corrected. Motion was made by Cheryl and seconded by Judy. The vote was 6-0. The vote to accept was unanimous.

Friends Report: The friends gave the Trustees their (the friend’s) year-end financial report and the Trustees are grateful. A wish-list was drawn up and a discussion was had. Friends leading the discussion were Cynthia and Carol. The Friends would like to be more involved in the spending of the Friend’s money, and they would be ok with email as a method of communication.

Director’s Report: Mark reported that the camp films have been digitized. The Oral History server will be at the library.

A proposed LEED event will have to be pushed back to sometime next spring, perhaps, but there is a desire to celebrate that this building is LEED certified.

There will be festivities on Halloween night for kids, including Bowie the Clown.

Mark presented the library’s FY23 Circulation and Attendance statistical reports, as well as year end financial reports. Our biggest accomplishment for this year was that the library had over 10,000 persons in total attendance.   

Strategic Planning Report: This committee is meeting on Thursday. There is a strategic planning forum on October 7th, Saturday, at 10:30AM here at the library.

Policy Sub-Committee Report: None

Chair Report: The chair has made a motion to amend Article V Meetings 1. Of the By-Laws for the Board of Trustees by deleting the words: “…excluding July, August and December,…”. Rebecca seconded. The Trustees will vote at the next regular meeting.

Old Business: None

New Business: None

The meeting was adjourned at 8:54 PM by a motion made by Rebecca and seconded by Cheryl. The vote was 6-0.

The next meeting is scheduled for October 16th at 7PM.

Agenda:

            Minutes

            Friend’s Report

            Historical Society Report

            Director’s Report

            Strategic Planning Report

            Policy Sub-Committee

            Chair Report

            Unanticipated Business

Submitted by Sam Reggio, Secretary