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TRUSTEES OF THE MANSFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARY
MINUTES OF THE SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1997 'flNd PH" 12: 46
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ATTENDANCE: Nancy Breef--Pitz, Leonard Epstein, Chris Corrmerl ayes, pin a
Lipson, Vivian Sweet, Leslie Pasch
The March meeting of the Trustees of the Mansfield Public Library was held on
Saturday,March 1, 1997 in the Certuse Room of the library. Nancy called the meeting to
order at 8:35 A.M.
Secretary's Report. `Chris read the Secretary's report which was approved with a
minor correction.
Treasure's tport. Linda presented the Treasurer's report. Our current balance
is $14,639.45. Our CD is due up on March 8, 1997. We will roll if over for another 90
days.
Correspondence. As per the suggestion from John Larch, Mansfield Light
Commissioner, Leslie forwarded a letter to Dan Clifford at DPW requesting the removal
of the outside lights that were destroyed during vandalism on 12-15-96.
Librarian's Report. Leslie highlighted the librarian's report. "Kids Cat", a
program designed to look up juvenile books for children aged 3 - 11, has been installed
and is working well. The program is extremely "kid friendly" and there has been no
reported problems with it.
OLD BUSINESS
Roof Update. Leslie is awaiting the report from Thompson and Litchner, the
structural engineer consultants who were hired to examine the roof. The Capital
Improvement Committee has placed $10,000.00 in the Capital Improvement Plan to
cover the expenses of a potential roof problem.
Bids for New Computer. Leslie is still in the process of gathering bids for a new
computer for Mary, the reference librarian. She will report on them at our next meeting.
NEW BUSINESS
Time Change for Trustee Meeting. The Board discussed the possibility of holding
our monthly trustee meetings at a time other than Saturday mornings. It was decided that
our April meeting will remain the first Saturday of the month and at that time we will
make a decision on a future meeting time.
Fine Free Period. Leslie discussed having a fine free period in April during Library
week as is usually done. A motion was made by Leonard, seconded by Chris, that we
have a two-week fine free period as Leslie suggested.
The meeting adjourned at 9:50 A.M.
The next meeting will be held Saturday, April 5, 1997.
Respectfully submitted,
Chris Cormier Hayes
Secretary