2025 July Business Minutes – Draft

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Minutes of the Board of Trustees

July 7, 2025

President Franklin Bennek called the meeting to order at 7:04 PM.

Members present: Franklin Bennek, Jane Pingelski, Cathy Lozier, Rose Farr, Brittney Campbell, Mo Kelly, and Librarian Rebecca Fasulo. 

Minutes of the previous meeting: Minutes from the April 7 meeting were read.  A motion was made by Brittney and seconded by Cathy to accept the minutes. The motion was carried with all in favor.     

Treasurer’s Report: The treasurer’s report was read and discussed.  A motion was made by Jane and seconded by Brittney to approve all paid bills.  The motion was carried with all in favor.  A motion was made by Rose and seconded by Jane to accept the treasurer’s report.  The motion was carried with all in favor.     

Librarian’s Report:  The Librarian’s report was presented with highlights as follows: 

• In May and June, all elementary classes visited the library
• Summer Reading Program began June 30 with many children signed up

                                     See attachment for complete librarian’s report

A motion was made by Franklin and seconded by Cathy to accept the librarian’s report.  The motion was carried with all in favor.

Old Business: 

• Strategic Plan: Solar component to the WIFI shelter is still being looked into as is the signage for a permanent sign for the front of the shelter and a plaque thanking our donors.
• Trustee Training: Reminder to Board members to check the SALS website for training opportunities.  Give information to Becky as soon as training is completed.  2 hours of training are required.
• Library’s 100^th:  Reminder that the library will turn 100 March 31, 2027.  A board committee should decide when and how to celebrate this milestone.
• Grounds:  Village will be repairing the brickwork near the patio at the top of the beach after the summer ends.
• Lighting:  Mo has purchased bulbs that will work in our current lighting system and therefore will not need to make changes to our lighting system at this time.
• Suggestion:  It may be appropriate for the board to appoint a buildings committee. The building was erected in 1951 and the last major renovation was in 1988 (the addition erected by the Rotary Club) though there were further renovations in 1999 that included the elevator installation and bringing the bathroom up to ADA code and in 2010 that updated the lighting, lowered the ceiling on the main level, replaced the rug in the Children’s Room and the linoleum in the bathroom. It may be wise to have an engineer evaluate the building to see what renovations are lurking in our future so that we can plan for them financially. 

New Business:

• Refrigerator:  The Board approved the purchase of a new small refrigerator for staff use to replace the old one.
• Fraud:  Intuit / Quickbooks: Becky kept getting emails about our account – which we don’t have. She was finally able to actually talk with a person. They verified that an account had been created using both her information and the library’s. They closed the account and flagged it and their fraud department has created an identity theft case for the incident. They were very helpful about steps to take including filing a report with the FTC.

Becky checked with the bank. Our bank account was never connected to the Intuit account. Matt didn’t see any unusual activity. They put an alert on all the accounts that her name is on with a note to check ID. Obviously at the local branch we should be good because they know us. Becky filed a report with the FTC. They recommended some steps to take. She sent for a Chex system report as per their suggestion. Maybe the board would like to look over the recommendations and see which we think are most important.

• Assemblyman Matt Simpson:  has secured $20,000 of state money for us.  This should arrive in November or December and can be spent to improve the library.

Some ideas:  lighting, an alarm or security system, fix the ramp, WIFI hut signs and charging station, paying for an engineer to evaluate the building.

Adjournment: The motion was made by Mo and seconded by Brittney with all in favor to adjourn the meeting at 8:19 PM.

Next two meetings:  Oct. 6, Dec. 1