Board of Trustees, Hancock Free Public Library
Agenda, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 3:00 p.m.
- Call to order
- Changes to open meeting law
- Secretary’s report
- Treasurer’s report
- Sign library orders
- Town allocation for 2025-2026: $20,500
- Librarian’s report
- New business
- Budget for 2025-2026
- Librarian’s hourly salary, including cost of living increase
- Library open hours, plus Librarian’s additional hours: options
- Librarian’s CTO – pay substitutes to operate library
- Funding museum passes
- Use savings account to pay VERSO
- Allocate funds
- Budget for 2025-2026
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.
- 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