Library Trustees & Meeting Minutes

The Marlow Town Library Board of Trustees meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at 6:30 pm at the Marlow Town Town Library

(no meetings July & August)

12 Church St (Jones Hall)

Marlow, NH 03456

The next meeting of the Marlow Town Library Board of Trustees has been moved from the 3rd to the 4th Monday of Februrary (Feb 26, 2024) at 6:30 PM at the Marlow Town Library.

Marlow Town Library Board of Trustees members:

Chair: Jill Sanders

Treasurer: Linda Fuerderer

Secretary: Jeanne Kennedy

Member: Marcia Levesque

Member: Gayle Rosa

Marlow Library Trustees Meeting Minutes

February 26, 2024

Attending: Marcia Levesque, Jill Sanders, Jeanne Kennedy, Librarian Jenneifer Brown. Gayle Rosa was on an ambulance call, Linda Fuerderer was Ill. Quorum declared. Meeting called to order at 6:35 p.m.

Secretary's report: Ms Sanders noted that the 2024 budget had not been approved at our January meeting. Ms Levesque made a motion to accept the budget. Ms Sanders 2nd. Motion passed unanimously.

Treasurer’s Report: Ms Fuerderer sent a letter, in lieu of her absence.

Auditors recommended using a purchase card vs. debit card. Ask Linda to check with the town. We feel a debit card is fine.
Made the transfer from savings to checking to cover our expenses until money is available from town.Trustees are aware of this. Motion made (Kennedy) and 2nd (Sanders).
Linda will write the letter requesting funds from the town after town meeting.
Trustees are unsure of a check for $66.00 made out to the Town of Marlow. Was this to pay the phone bill?
Motion made (Sanders)/2nd (Levesque) to accept Ms Fuerderer’s report. Linda will be able to answer any further questions at our next meeting.

Librarian’s Report:

Door fixed. New lock was installed. We should use the “dogging wrench” to keep the equipment from too much wear. Ms Brown demonstrated how to use it.

Stone Soup: Need $100.00 to pay parent for 2 interviews (as mandated by grant.) Still having problems recruiting children.School vacation should bring in more children.

New Grant: $400.00 to promote children’s health. Project will focus on cooking with children. Nutritionist needed to lead workshop for parents and children. Send everyone home with a meal kit. Ms Sanders will check with a friend to see about getting a nutritionist.
HB 1308: this bill will require public libraries to turn over a list of all books ever checked out by a minor. Our catalog doesn’t save reading histories, only what is currently checked out. All agreed we should ignore this until and if it becomes mandated.
Self Defense class: still waiting to hear from Kevin Fay.
Eclipse: April 8, 2024. Library is collaborating with the school on eclipse celebration for the town. Students will walk down to library on the afternoons of 3/18 & 3/25 (half the school at a time. Ms Brown will forward patron applications to the school before the visits, so those who wish to have a library card can.

The library will have eclipse kits available (2 weeks?) before the celebration for anyone wishing to have one until they run out. The kits contain eclipse glasses, pamphlet about the eclipse, and instructions for viewing using a piece of paper with a pin hole.

Wet Felting class to be held on March 25, 6-8 p.m.

Future classes wish list: