Swanton Public Library
Board of Trustees
November 9, 2016
The regular meeting of the Swanton Public Library Board of Trustees was held on
Wednesday, Noveber 9, 2016. In attendance at the meeting were:
Sven Kvinglaug of Community Financial Services, via phone
Rebecca Rupp, Chairman
Kathy Kneebone, Secretary
Paul Foisy, Trustee, via phone
Kathy Messier, Treasurer
Michelle Beaulieu, Library Director
- The meeting was called to order at 7:05
- Sven presented the library’s financial investment report.
- Motion to accept the October minutes (KM/PF motion and
second) motion passed - Treasure’s report was presented by Kathy Messier, and
included revised warrants for June through October. A
motion was made to accept the revised warrants (KK/PF
motion and second) motion passed. - Director’s Report, 1,550 patrons visited the library in
October with 1065 items checked out or renewed. 190
patrons accessed the library computers. Dungeons and
Dragons group continues to grow and an additional night has
been added. With only 4 people in attendance for the
computer class last month, Michelle would like to look into
offering an Adobe photo shop class in the near future.
Priorities of the director are winterization (weather stripping
on front doors), vacation, and storage. - Board issues: It was decided that we will pay Adam Noel
$300 for website development. The request of the Historical
Society to share a Vista worker with the library will not
work, as we can’t fill the 20 hours required. Kathy Kneebone
will look into using them after school in the Crossroad
program. Becky informed us of grants that she is looking
into. These include, TEI Audio Grant, The Ezra Keats mini
garden grant, and the National Edowment for the Arts Big
Read grant. Becky, Danielle, and Michelle will be going to
the Scholastic book fair to get books for events such as
Halloween in the Park. We ran out of books this year, so
more will be purchased. With the need to move onto budget
preparations, the Library Store and other board items are
tabled until the next meeting. - The remainder of the meeting was focused on revising the
budget, with the most focus on how to increase employee
salaries. - The meeting was adjourned at 9:45.
Respectfully Submitted,
Kathy Kneebone, Secretary