Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Trustees approved using $6,627 in State Aid to buy nine air purifiers for the library; the library's Facilities Master Plan consultant (Bruner/Cott) has signed the contract and visited the building.
The Board heard routine reports from library staff and committees and reviewed facilities and director updates. Key topics included the library’s budget status (including receipt of $20,739.87 in State Aid), ongoing facilities issues (alarm-billing confusion, a power outage that caused closures and delays, persistent water infiltration in the Tech Services office requiring staff relocation, and other capital/preservation projects), and notification that Bruner/Cott has signed the contract and visited to begin the Conditions Assessment and Facilities Master Plan.
The Trustees approved a substantive budget action: a unanimous vote to spend $6,627.00 from State Aid to purchase nine air purifiers (six large-capacity and three small-capacity) following indoor air-quality and radon testing and receipt of a vendor quote. Staff updates covered collections and programming (including a winter reading program with strong youth participation, distribution of 1,000 solar eclipse glasses, new world-language materials, and oral-history work in archives). Subcommittee memberships and vacancies were reviewed, a planned tech-office workspace build-out cost (~$6,000) was discussed as an informational item, and no public comments were offered.