Board Meeting Minutes – 4/19/2022

Fallon County Library Board

Library Basement/EOC

April 19, 2022

12:00 PM

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Convene:     

The meeting was called to order by Bruce Johnson.

Present:                                                       Absent:                                                 

(Charles) Lee Strait – Chair

Bruce Johnson – Vice-Chair                               Deb Barth – Trustee

Sharon Huether – Trustee    

Candace Mettler – Trustee                                                                                                                                           

Stacey Moore – Director / Recording Secretary

Public Comment – Agenda Items (10 minutes):   

None

Minutes and Circulation, Service, and Financial Reports:

Candace Mettler moved, and Sharon Huether seconded the motion to approve the minutes from the February meeting. All in favor. Motion carried. Candy Mettler moved, and Sharon Huether seconded the motion to approve the Circulation, Service, and Financial reports for February & March. All in favor. Motion carried.

Unfinished Business:

Sharon Huether gave an overview from the 100th Anniversary Celebration. Sharon felt that it was a great day for the library and many people enjoyed coming in and helping us celebrate the milestone. Pam Henley, Montana State Library Consultant join in the celebration and brought a letter from Jennie Stapp the Montana State Librarian congratulating the library.

New Business: 

Director Moore gave an overview of the upcoming Fiscal Year 2023 Budget. Each line item was discussed and will be ready at the next meeting to finalize.

Director Updates:

Director Moore gave updates on Storytime, Hotspots, and other happenings at the library.

Project Updates:    

Newspapers are digitized through 2016 and loaded to the Montana Newspapers website. We are waiting for more issues to be filmed and after the Montana Memory Project has moved all content to the new site, we will be adding more years.

Yearbooks are digitized through 2007.

Genealogy project is finished.

Announcements:

None.

Next Meeting:

June 14, 2022, at 12:00 PM in the Fallon County Library Basement/EOC.

Public Comment – Non-Agenda Items (10 minutes):       None

Adjournment:        

Bruce Johnson adjourned the meeting.

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   (Charles) Lee Strait                                               Stacey Moore

           Chairman                                            Director / Recording Secretary

The above minutes are approved, for an official transcript contact the library.