Information for Meeting of Library Trustees
Monday March 08, 2021 6:30 PM EST

Town:Brookfield, MA 
Board:Library Trustees
Time:Monday March 08, 2021 6:30 PM EST
Location:Merrick Public Library
2 Lincoln Street, Brookfield MA 01506
Agenda:
Minutes
BANISTER MEMORIAL HALL, MERRICK PUBLIC LIBRARY
Felton-Heller House
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
 
ATTENDANCE:  Sally Brown (SB) Yes, Barbara Clancy (BC) Yes  Matt Bansfield (MB)  , Carol Plumb (CP), Shelby Hill (SOH) , Traci Hill (TH).  No quorum, meeting closed after 15 minutes.  Change meeting time to 6:30 p.m.
February 8 Trustees meeting at 4:30 p.m. did not have quorum and was closed at 4:45 p.m., although Brenda did hear from  Shelby and Traci after I closed the meeting.  Barbara and Sally attended.
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Review minutes from Monday, November 9, 2020, discussion. Motion to accept by, 2nd, all in favor.
Ratify Library Payroll FY20 warrants dated FY21 November, December 2020 January 2021, and February 2021.
Ratify Library Expense FY20 warrants dated FY21 November, December 2020 January 2021 and February 2021.
Ratify Library Utilities FY20 warrants dated FY21 November, December 2020 January 2021 and February 2021.
Ratify Library State Aid for 18 Common Street FY21 November, December 2020 January 2021 and 
Ratify Library Books FY20 warrants dated, FY21 November, December 2020 January 2021
Motion to approve by, 2nd, all in favor.
Review in-library appointments.  We reopened for one person/one family appointments on February 4, 2021 when the COVID numbers started coming down. All going well!  Patrons are very respectful. Circulation numbers are up to 1547 for October.  June was 726, July 1578, August 1421, September 1383, we are at 47.2% operating level. By December we were at 87% with 1609 circulations. We closed in-house visits on December 23. 
Traci has moved to Brimfield and submitted a letter of resignation, Discussion?  Rebecca Morin and Erica Robert pulled election papers to run for Trustees in February.  Matt and Carol?
Any other business?
Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request.  When making such a request, please include a description of the accommodation that you will need, including as much detail as possible, along with your contact information.  Email requests to:  brookfieldlibrary@gmail.com or call 508-867-6339.  In order to meet you request, please provide seven day’s notice prior to the date that the accommodation is needed.  Although every attempt will be made to provide the accommodation with less than seven days’ notice, it may not be possible.
Next meeting will be Monday, April 12, at 6:30 p.m. 
Motion to adjourn,  2nd all in favor.
Scheduled By:the automatic scheduling system
Posted At:Feb 09, 2021 5:00 AM EST
Last Modified:Mar 02, 2021 5:50 PM EST
Minutes:Minutes are not on record with the Town Clerk's office
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