Library Board Meeting

All welcome to attend.

GREENWICH FREE LIBRARY

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

OCTOBER 2023 MEETING AGENDA

Regular Monthly Meeting Wednesday 10/18/2023

7:00 pm Community Room 

Call to order

Board action items

Approval of proposed SEPTEMBER 2023 minutes (separate document)

Board committee reports

Facilities Committee (Aaron, Dave, Paul, Teri) 

Finance & Fundraising Committee (Ellen, Mary Ann, Patrice, Paul)

-Update on single source funding meeting with Greenwich CSD

Material Review Committee (Aaron, Cliff)

-Discuss Facebook posts regarding Greenwich CSD catalog and book bans

Policy & Audit Committee (Mary Ann, Patrice, Paul)

Board Recruitment Committee (Cliff, Patrice)

-Suggestions for recruiting new board members for 2024

Personnel & HR Committee (Mary Ann, Paul)

-Discussion of recruitment of an After-School and Teen Programming coordinator

4. Gill Room Report (presented by Sandy McReynolds, Historian)

Gill Room Report 18 October 2023

FB: 608 Likes 

661 Follows 

Requests: 

Several small queries: location of mill, photo identification correction…

Worked mostly on tracking down the location of Rock Hill, and the Gibbons Farm. Along the way found out about an old road (Rock Hill Road), and its location, along with the old name of the downhill grade given to the section of North Road that meets County Route 49. A LOT of deed searching/reading…. 

Other:

Working on a program with KC and Ken Perry on the Lowber Lime Kilns in Bald Mt. Program scheduled for October 29th, 1PM

5. Friends of the Greenwich Library Update

6. Treasurer’s Report 

Approval of September Transaction Detail Report and Q3 overview

7. Library Director’s Report (provided by Sarah Murphy, Director)

8. Period for Public Expression

9. Old Business

10. New Business

Restocking of Little Libraries

11. Dates of Future Board Meeting Calendar-Next meeting scheduled for WEDNESDAY November 15, 2023

12. Adjournment