{"id":1024,"date":"2026-02-21T10:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ninevehpubliclibrary.org\/?page_id=1024"},"modified":"2026-02-21T10:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T15:04:06","slug":"board-meeting-minutes-june-2025","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ninevehpubliclibrary.org\/index.php\/board-meeting-minutes-june-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Board Meeting Minutes June 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Attendance: Shelly, Gail, April, Christine, Lisa, Helen and Jennifer<\/p>\n<p>Call to Order: 6:01pm<br \/>\nSecretary\u2019s report:<br \/>\n\u2022 Minutes from 4\/21\/25 accepted (Michelle motioned; Gail carried)<br \/>\nTreasurer\u2019s Report: (Gail motioned; Lisa carried)<br \/>\n\u2022 Created a contingency revenue account to help balance expenses and income<br \/>\n\u2022 move \u201ccustodial\/repair supplies\u201d category under \u201cbuilding and grounds\u201d. itemized order from amazon to help with this. New category added as \u201cbuilding\/maintenance\u201d to track repair costs. ( Lisa motioned: Gail Carried)<br \/>\n\u2022 Gail will check on statements for our CDs as Christine and Jenn do not have access. Gail will check with the bank to get this figured out.<br \/>\nOld Business:<br \/>\n\u2022 Security Camera: will be installed once the porch project is complete.<br \/>\n\u2022 Khan Estate: applied for construction aid grant through 4cls.<br \/>\n\u2022 Library sign: pending due to quotes<br \/>\n\u2022 Basement repairs: Helen and Chuck met with Trippy and are willing to close gaps that were left with previous repairs. There&#8217;s a \u201ccrawl space\u201d for the rest of the library that was covered by small pieces, but cold air is still coming through. They will NOT remove wrap that was already installed. Upon inspection of the vents, 4 need to be replaced. They will also add more material to the crawl space and add caulking to it. There is another hole that needs to be filled in. Jenifer will look into a grant in the future to help with repairs. Jennifer will speak to Kemmerer to look and give us a quote when he is here to complete work in September.<\/p>\n<p>Director\u2019s report:<br \/>\n\u2022 Earth Day Cleanup: canceled due to weather<br \/>\n\u2022 Mileage Compensation: up to 70 cents. There will be expectations for how mileage is reimbursed and will need board approval.<br \/>\n\u2022 Fine free status: as of May 1st, will not charge fines.<br \/>\n\u2022 Printing Fees: fees up to 20 cents for black and white copies<br \/>\n\u2022 Large Print books, dvds: borrowing numbers went down. possibility of subscribing to DVDS vs large print books. rotate titles from 4CLS to vary selection. Can we do a trial period?<br \/>\n\u2022 SRP: 4 Mondays in July 6-7pm. Bee presentation 7\/7 ; Native American Reenactment 7\/14; Gail 7\/21; Smokey Bear Presentation by NYSDEC 7\/28. Possible Dance performer at Afton (waiting for reply to split cost with Afton?). Jennifer created a very specific budget for the SRP, anything extra will need to go through board approval.<br \/>\n\u2022 B&amp;N Field Trip: Went well! Kids had a great time! They even evaluated the program (more students participated!)<br \/>\n\u2022 Magician David Black: at WAO during the school summer program. Using donations to pay for this event.<br \/>\n\u2022 Jennifer is creating forms for staff to review when there is a new program for staff to participate in to help know expectations\/wages\/volunteer\/etc. Anything needing wages\/money will need board approval. There will be clear expectations for fundraisers moving forward that they are strictly volunteer only.<br \/>\n\u2022 Volunteers: covered under insurance<\/p>\n<p>New Business:<br \/>\n\u2022 Jennifer will forward the link for this year\u2019s trustee training<\/p>\n<p>Dates for the next meeting (start time 6pm)<br \/>\n\u2022 August 11, 2025<br \/>\n\u2022 October 13, 2025<br \/>\n\u2022 December 8, 2025<\/p>\n<p>Meeting Adjourned 7:20pm (Shelly motioned, April and Gail carried)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attendance: Shelly, Gail, April, Christine, Lisa, Helen and Jennifer Call to Order: 6:01pm Secretary\u2019s report: \u2022 Minutes from 4\/21\/25 accepted (Michelle motioned; Gail carried) Treasurer\u2019s Report: (Gail motioned; Lisa carried) \u2022 Created a contingency revenue account to help balance expenses and income \u2022 move \u201ccustodial\/repair supplies\u201d category under \u201cbuilding and grounds\u201d. itemized order from amazon &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ninevehpubliclibrary.org\/index.php\/board-meeting-minutes-june-2025\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Board Meeting Minutes June 2025&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1024","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ninevehpubliclibrary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ninevehpubliclibrary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ninevehpubliclibrary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ninevehpubliclibrary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ninevehpubliclibrary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1024"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ninevehpubliclibrary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1025,"href":"https:\/\/ninevehpubliclibrary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1024\/revisions\/1025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ninevehpubliclibrary.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}