Board of Library Trustees

Meeting Minutes

Fuller Room
2 Baker Street, Foxborough, MA 02035
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
7:00 P.M.

Members Present: Chair Kevin Penders, Vice Chair Jennifer Ooi, Clerk Sara Halton, Christine Igo Freeman, Paul Ivanovskis
Not Present: Joyce Parlapiano

Also Present: Library Director Libby O’Neill, Friend of the Library Janice Rosado

Documentation

  • Meeting Minutes for Approval – March 24, 2025
  • Professional Staff Reports
  • Director’s Report
  • Financial Report
  • Friends Report

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 7:05p.m. by K. Penders.

Public Comment

None.

Donation:

Ooi made a motion to accept the $25 donation from William Joseph Halpin to Boyden Library.

P. Ivanovskis seconded the motion
Passed 5-0-0.

Correspondence

None

Approval of Meeting Minutes

C. Igo Freeman made a motion to approve the March 24, 2025 meeting minutes as presented

P. Ivanovskis seconded.
Passed 4-0-1, with K. Penders abstaining.

Friends’ Report

The schedule of Trustees attending upcoming Friends meetings was confirmed to be P. Ivanovskis attending the May 14th meeting and K. Penders attending the June 4th meeting.
A new book selling company called Donnelly Delivers will start selling books and splitting the profits with the Friends.
The next book donation drive with be April 26th. For the spring book sale, the decision was made to increase cost of bags at bag sale to $10/bag and will include reusable Friends grocery bag instead of miscellaneous paper bags as in the past.
The Friends are preparing for Founders Day in June. They will have a henna artist at their booth this year.

Professional Staff Reports

Suzanne Roberts and Tim Golden have been weeding non-fiction collection to make more room for teen fiction. Biographies will also be moved over to non-fiction area.
School visits are planned for Jennifir Huston and Emma Brelsford in May and June. Donation prizes are coming in for summer reading, and the gardening club for kids has started.
Staff professional development day will be held on Monday, April 14th from 9:30am-1pm.

Financial Reports

Some line items have overages at this point due to previous cuts. The new books and AV lines are behind in the expected costs to date due to a delay in their processing/arrival and therefore invoicing.

Director’s Report

Library Operations:

The second installment of state aid for this fiscal year was deposited, totaling $25,937.89.

The cuts to IMLS funding could potentially lead to cuts to access to statewide databases that are currently accessible by patrons and the Commonwealth Catalog. Free trainings for librarians may also be cut.

Programs & Services

There were 25 adult programs held in March. The Library partnered with the Health Department for a new collection called “Turning the Page to Recovery.” The upcoming fix-it clinic may be cancelled due to a lack of experts to do the fixing. The Senior Book Club will be taking a field trip to Boston Public Library on May 5th for a tour and lunch. Planning for the Library’s Founder’s Day parade is underway.

Personnel Updates

L. O’Neill is currently meeting with all staff one-on-one for annual check-ins.

New Business

None

Old Business

Makerspace Update:

The makerspace will be in the tutoring room with possible partitioning. L. O’Neill purchased new equipment for the makerspace; items should start to arrive next week with a potential soft launch of the space in June.

Director’s Annual Evaluation:

S. Halton has circulated blank evaluations to all Trustees, to be returned to her by April 11th. S. Halton will then average and aggregate the results, and K. Penders will meet with L. O’Neill to review.

The Board acknowledged this as the last meeting of C. Igo Freeman, who has served as a Trustee for 8 years, and thanked her for her service.

Adjournment

Motion: A motion was made by C. Igo Freeman and seconded by J. Ooi to adjourn at 8:15 p.m.

All were in favor and the motion was approved 5-0-0.

Respectfully submitted,

Sarah Halton, Clerk