Hancock Free Public Library Meeting Agendas

Board of Trustees, Hancock Free Public Library

Agenda, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 3:00 p.m.

1. Call to order
2. Changes to open meeting law
3. Secretary’s report
4. Treasurer’s report
   1. Sign library orders
   1. Town allocation for 2025-2026:  $20,500
5. Librarian’s report
6. New business
   1. Budget for 2025-2026
      1. Librarian’s hourly salary, including cost of living increase
      1. Library open hours, plus Librarian’s additional hours: options
      1. Librarian’s CTO – pay substitutes to operate library
      1. Funding museum passes
      1. Use savings account to pay VERSO
      1. Allocate funds

Determine Librarian’s hours, based on funds available

• Keep running total of expenditures throughout the year
  • Policy for Librarian’s leave
  • Possible programs for 2025-26 (sponsored by Friends of the Library?)

Four programs: Music in the Library

                          History in the Library

                          Travel in the Library

                          Poetry in the Library (April)

• Old business
• Public Comment
• Adjourn

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