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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The Hancock Free Public Library

Board of Trustees

Agenda for Meeting of Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Held at the Hancock Free Public Library at 3:00 p.m.

  1. Call to order
  • Secretary’s report
  • Treasurer’s report

                        Sign library orders

                        Review current budget

                        Plan budget for 2025-26

  • Library director’s report
  • Old business

Kitchen floor update

  • New business

Filing of board documents – review

Documents every board member should have – review:

            Filing of board documents

            Names and contact info

            Hancock Library policies

            A Manual for Vermont Library Trustees; print?

            Trustees info at Vermont State Library

https://libraries.vermont.gov/services/public-libraries/trustees

Planning for 2025: what are our priorities? Brainstorm ideas.

Librarian annual review

  • Public comments
  • Adjourn