The West Hartford Library Trustees met March 21, 2012 at 7:02 pm.
Trustees present: Sandy Bergeron, Carol Rivard, Tom Hazen, Stuart Ofstad and Margaret Newton.
Friends/Public: Nick Clemens, Alex Defelice, Barbara Gherardi, Alice Hazen, Christy Hazen , John Newton and Simon Dennis.
Secretary’s report: Sandy read the minutes of the March 15 meeting. Margaret made a motion to accept, Carol seconded and the motion passed.
Friends: Christy reported that Gregory Maguire is donating the royalties of his book, “Tales Told in OZ”, to the West Hartford Library. He is an author that has a second home in the area. The book is published by the Madras Press. Also donations have been made in memory of a person named Swift.
Nick said that his bid to work full time for the benefit of all the libraries in Hartford has been accepted. He hopes to begin work on integrating the patron list of all the libraries.
Treasurer’s report: Stuart said that to date we have used $10,615 or 22.491% of our budget. Margaret made a motion to accept, Sandy seconded, the report was accepted.
Simon said that Hunter will be scheduling an open public meeting to discuss design options for the library. David Lorin has a preliminary design to present. He also said that Matt Bucy, who owns the Tip Top Building and Dreamland, might be willing to donate some time. Barbara suggested asking Jay Barrett for an additional opinion, because he has experience with municipal buildings. John mentioned that it would be helpful, if the person knows FEMA regulations and is able to preserve the historic character of the building.
Stuart said that he missed the last meeting of the Town Library Committee, because they changed the date of the meeting and didn’t e-mail of call him.
Sandy made a motion to nominate Margaret as Secretary, Stuart as Treasurer, and Tom as Chair. Margaret seconded and the motion passed.
Margaret suggested that a book lending box could be made and placed near the library. Books would be donated by the Trustees and Friends. Stuart made a motion for Margaret to work on the idea, Sandy seconded and the motion passed.
Stuart said that the Wi-Fi kept quitting on him so he got Andy Homes to help. They bought a new router and Stuart has put a larger sign in the window that Wi-Fi is available. He also said that Aileen has returned the CPU to the Librarian’s computer. It was damaged by the flood, but John Coolie thinks that some of the data might be retrievable.
Stuart stated that Aileen has found a group of receipts and Alex said that the Town has written her a check for them. Aileen is also requesting $300 for her attorney. Tom will discuss this with Hunter.
With no further business to discuss the meeting adjourned at 8:17 pm. The next meeting will be April 16, 2012 at 7:00 pm in the Bugbee Building.
Respectfully submitted, Margaret Newton, Secretary