Event takes place on May 10, 2016 at 4:30 PM until 6:00 PM
250 Chestnut Street, Holyoke 01040

HOLYOKE PUBLIC LIBRARY CORPORATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

May 10, 2016 at 4:30 PM

Holyoke Public Library

250 Chestnut Street

Holyoke, MA 01040

 

Call to order

• Roll call
• Approve minutes of April 12, 2016

 

Announcements:

 

Reports:

• President’s Updates: Susan Carey
• Director’s Report: Maria G. Pagan
  • Lights – update
  • Chiller – update
  • Landscaping – update

• Finance Committee’s and Treasurer’s Report: Tom Barrett and Andrew Parker
  • IRS 990s for 2015

• Personnel Committee: Susan Carey and Bellamy Schmidt
• Long-Range Investment Committee’s Report: Bellamy
  • Spending policy
  • Cash reserve

• Friends’ Report: Sandy Ward
  • Book sale

• Development Committee Report: Tom Barrett
  • Valley Gives update

 

Old business:

• Strategic Planning – schedule initial meeting
  • Committee: Manuel, George, Roxann, Miguel, Terry, Bellamy, Maria (ex officio)

• Photograph collection acquisition update

 

New business:  

• Extend a line of credit to the HPL Realty for next fiscal year
• Extend this year’s budget unchanged to next fiscal year until the City’s budget is approved
• Reconsideration of the vote to support city-wide reading program
• Succession planning – Officers for next year

 

Other business:

 

This is a listing of matters that the President reasonably anticipates may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.           

 

Terry Plum,

President, HPLC Board of Directors