Town of Springfield
Library Board of Trustees
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
1. The meeting was called
to order at 6:30PM.
Present: Jen Dechen, Herb
Jamison, Richard CoFrancesco, Sara
Druen, Amy Howlett (director),Barbara Ball (minutes), Ralph Jacobs (running for
trustee) and Anna Boarini (running for trustee.)
Absent: Margie Reurink,
Matthew Pincus
2.
Additions/ subtractions to the Agenda
N/A
3.
Public comments
N/A
4. Review and
approve minutes from the December meeting
Minutes
from the December meeting were reviewed and approved as written. (Richard
motioned, Jen second.)
5. The library is
looking at replacing the water fountain; FOSTL has offered to purchase a
replacement with a water bottle filler.
6. Filling Board
vacancies: We have 3 individuals running for the 3 trustee slots: Ralph Jacobs,
Anna Boarini and Barbara Ball.
7. Amy shared her
director's report.
8. FOSTL Report
Discussion that the
library generally doesn't take book donations for the FOSTL sale until May due
to lack of storage space.
9. Time
Capsule/Anniversary Celebration/Memory Wall
Amy is meeting with the
Art Gym tomorrow to discuss the memory wall. A suggestion of maybe doing a
memory tapestry instead of a wall? Amy will mention this during the meeting.
10. Feed Your Passion
This will take place
on Wednesday, April 24th 5-7PM.
Brief discussion of what
Feed Your Passion is and whom to invite.
The group would like
Annette Spaulding (the Connecticut River diver) invited back. She was amazing! Richard
will see if she can do this.
Stringfield Springers. Sara
will contact Steve Matush to see if they're available.
Barbara mentioned the Chester Brass Quintet.
Richard will try to
get more pizza.
Sara will ask if Nick
(Copper Fox) will donate food.
Spinning with a sheep?
Everyone should come
to the next meeting with 3 ideas of possible presenters.
Meeting concluded at 7:05PM. (Richard motion, Jen second.)
12. Motion to adjourn. (Richard motioned, second Sara) 7:10pm.
