LAMONT MEMORIAL FREE LIBRARY - MINUTES FOR 5/19/25 - In-Person Board Meeting

Sep 11, 2026

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Minutes for the Lamont Memorial Free Library in-person board meeting held on 5/19/25 at 5:30 PM. The record covers roll call, absence details, guest notes, public comments (none), and discussion of prior Friends of the Library training topics. It includes approval of earlier board minutes, financial reporting with Profit & Loss items and transactions, and director updates on circulation, WiFi/Internet sessions, new materials, volunteers, and programs. Unfinished business, new business items, book sale plans, and adjournment are documented.

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Minutes for 5/19/25

In-Person Board Meeting Details

Public Comments and Guest Speaker

Approval of Meeting Minutes

Financial Reports

Director’s Report

Unfinished Business

New Business

Book Sale Plan

Adjournment

LAMONT MEMORIAL FREE LIBRARY MINUTES FOR 5/19/25 In-Person Board Meeting: 5:30 p. m. Roll Call Present: Linda Riccardi, Colleen Rynders, Rosann Morey, Page Anderson, Melanie Field, Heather Cobb, Director. Absent: Allison Field Guest: none Meeting started at 5 :30PM Public Comments: None Guest Speaker: None-Heather cancelled Mike Zoanetti, financial advisor from Tompkins Trust, because we had no new information from FLLS regarding acceptable investment options for our type of library. Friends of the Lamont Memorial Free Library ( FOLMFL) : Minutes from the FOLMFL Executive Board meeting from April 8 , 2025 are included in our board packet. We discussed possible training on what it means to be a Friend and advocate for the library. FLLS could provide this training at one of their meetings. Heather will mention this atthe next Friends meeting. Approval of Meeting Minutes: Rosann made the motion to approve the minutes from the March 24 , 2025 board meeting and the Special April 25 , 2025 meeting. Seconded by Colleen. Approved. Financial Reports: ★ Profit & Loss: ○ We received the monies from the school ( PILOT & District Wide) . The PILOT amount isn’t correct. Heather will contact the business manager at the school. ○ Heather would like to shift money from the budget for the Summer Reading program to Preschool Storytime (since we are already over budget) and to Project Takeover (since we are getting close) . We discussed Preschool Storytime -Mindy will do a program in June and July but not August. She might consider doing a weekend storytime in the winter but not in spring or summer. Also, Heather mentioned that she would like to do the Love of Reading program that Mindy did at the school, here at the library. ★ Transaction List: Decreases in endowment for March and April. ★ Balance Sheet: no discussion on this report Director’s Report: ★ Circulation is down from January but April is up from March and February. ILL is down a bit but ILL to other libraries is up. WiFi Sessions is down but Heather is thinking the number should be higher. She is going to contact FLLS to check on this. Library visits are still good. Internet Sessions are down but we still need to provide this service as it is part of our minimum standards for the library. ★ We received 69 new materials (7 from donations) for March and 71 new materials (8 from donations) for April. ★ Volunteers: our regular volunteers-T. Ripley, Z. Thornton and K. McUmber were at the library. B. Cobb, C. Kluge and McGraw Staff & Students (6) were at the Rec working in the book room to prepare for the Book Sale. ★ Programs: ○ Adult-7 programs in March and 7 in April. The programs were Bookclub (2) , Knit & Crochet (9) , Crafts & Creations ( 1) and Senior Social (2) . We just finished out the grant for Senior Social so we won’t have any more of these programs until anew Adult Coordinator is hired. ○ Teen/Tween-Project Takeover was held once in March and once in April. April was well attended. ○ Children’s-Preschool Storytime was held once in March ( 19 attended) and once in April ( 18 attended) ○ Multigenerational -none ○ NonLibrary-Tutoring (8) , Girl Scouts ( 1) , Author Visit by Lisa Belknap, Friends (2) . ★ Trainings & Meetings: Heather attended the Friends meeting, FLLS Directors’ Meeting and the Friends Annual Meeting in April. Page, Linda, Colleen and Melanie attended the Friends Annual Meeting as well. Unfinished Business: ★ Adult Program Coordinator: Heather had 2 responses but didn’t think either would be right for the position. She only posted the job listing on the website and the Facebook page for the Library since we didn’t have a local newspaper. Since the Cortland Standard is starting back up we can put a listing in the paper. Rosann offered to ask some retired teachers that she knows to see if anyone would be interested. New Business: ★ Princh: Discussed a service called Princh. People that need so

FAQs

When and where was the in-person board meeting held?

The in-person board meeting was held on 5/19/25 at 5:30 PM.

What meeting minutes were approved?

The board approved minutes from the March 24, 2025 board meeting and the Special April 25, 2025 meeting.

What key financial and operational topics were discussed?

Discussions included Profit & Loss items such as PILOT funding not matching the expected amount, proposed budget shifts for summer reading toward preschool storytime and Project Takeover, and notes on endowment decreases as well as circulation, WiFi sessions, internet session needs, new materials, and staffing/volunteer updates.

Sep 11, 2026

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