Recording in progress. Okay, as we get settled in for the meeting this evening, I just would like to um remind everybody to mute and unmute your mics and make sure that we're coming in through the uh speakers because we don't have Megan to take minutes this evening.
>> So, we are going to really rely on we're gonna have Cheyenne Cheyenne Smith is our new senior library associate meeting room coordinator and she'd going to do their best to take some minutes, but we're going to really rely on the reporting. So the more we can get into the um into the sound system, the
clearer it will be. So I appreciate that. Uh, calling to order the March 9th, 2026 Board of Library Trustees meeting at 7:02 p.m. Do we have um any public comment?
Anybody online? And anything else? There it is. Um, one public comment came in through the Bolt email uh from a resident concerning uh regarding adult theme performance offered to children at our library. It's
a more lengthy email and we have a response and a copy will be forwarded to the full board or a copy can be made available um rather than read the full thing in the record so everyone can see it. And that was all from the inbox.
>> Any other public comment? Anybody online? Anybody in person? Looks like no. Okay, moving on to the mini food pantry proposal from Troop 702. >> There is a microphone. Go to the podium.
There is a microphone. Hello everyone. I'm Bill. Um, I'm going I'm going to be talking about a proposal for putting a miniature food pantry in the on the property of the Reading Public Library for use for people who are in need of food
or people who would like to donate food to the food pantry. some paperwork to hand. boxes will be hoping to have hoping for it to be permanent fixture.
Although um as a group 702 we cannot maintain it as a part of this project in long term. That would have to be separate >> protection. We don't think it'll be this and who's speaking. Okay.
I don't think required to um fund the project. And that's most of what I have. If anyone has any questions, >> um I do. So, if it's it's going to be near the front door outside, I assume
based on the picture of the structure, um, what type of food are we expecting to go in there? The only reason I ask, it gets really hot out there in the summer with the blazing sun. And if people throw certain types of food in there and nobody's maintaining it, could get real funky real fast.
>> Yeah, exactly. Things could explode, etc. Puts eggs in there, we're gonna have a bad day. The food is supposed to be um unparishable and shelf stable for periods of time. >> Um
after it's up, how like if you guys aren't going to be maintaining it, who is supposed to be picking it up? Who's actually going to be emptying it? >> I believe they're ready food pantry. >> Okay. Do we have a timeline for them? Do we know? I just don't my my concern is
like I said I don't >> have Have you been working with someone from the food pantry on this project? >> Excellent. >> Loan payment. >> Thank you. Simone's the director for people who
don't know that. >> What's your plan to get the word out to have people know to drop parishes? >> We're planning on putting on printing out some signage and placing it taped onto the inside of the box. And then the
food pantry is also going to be spreading the word, too. This primarily to gather donations or to distribute to people in need. >> Um, based off of what they said, I believe it's both. >> Have you visited any other pantries,
little mini food pantries, or seen examples of them? >> Your face in Wakefield. Um the other troop also did this and then there's also one near one of the churches near town center. >> Okay.
>> You said you said Wakefield. >> Yes. >> Okay. The church center and I think the Baptist church in I've seen it. Yeah. So, to Cathy's point about how that this side of the library gets full sun, it
really does bake out there. Was there any thought given to putting it on the other side of the building? I know it doesn't get as much traffic with people coming in and out. Um, but it might protect the food a little more. Um, I wasn't really sure about which site to put on because
I'm not really in charge of the building. I was also wondering if you guys could tell me where you think another good spot would be too. >> Hey, what are your thoughts on on placement? So, I I'll say that I love this idea. >> Yeah. Um
>> it's a great idea, by the way. Great idea. >> We have um previously worked with um another um I'm assuming this is an Eagle Scout project. >> Yes, we've worked with scouts before. In fact, um there was a scout, an Eagle Scout who put in our flag pole. Um, and basically the way that process went is
the trustees approved it and then I worked directly with the scout and we um looked at it during different times of the day. We, you know, we weren't sure where on the property and we decided where to put it and we had to do the a little light and everything. So, I would
be very happy to work with Bill and to um, again, we can look at different times of the day. We can look at different parts all around the building. Um, and then we can decide um where the most effective place placement and
safest placement would be. Um, there are I I will just note and I don't I'm assuming the food pantry knows this, but we do have exterior security cameras that are only used for forensic purposes, meaning if nothing happens, it
just gets erased. But I do think it's important to know that it is something that will be um I mean which is good because we'd see if somebody vandalized it or or did something like that. But there is um it is a public building and there are um and visitors will be noted.
Um it's not wholly wholly private, but I don't know that that's a barrier. I don't believe privacy is a barrier. Thank you. Yeah. Anybody have any other questions? Do we have a motion?
Think about this and push it till next month. >> What What's your timeline? >> Yeah, exactly. >> Good question. >> Thank you. >> I'm hoping to get this done before for um sometime around in July because it
has to be done before my 18th birthday which is on November 4th. >> Excellent. Um yeah, then perhaps there could be a a motion to um give me permission to work with um
the scout bill um to take this as far as it can go. How about I move uh to conditionally approve the mini food pantry proposal from troop 702 to support the reading food pantry
uh with the next steps is to determine best location and setup. >> Wait a second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> Oh, didn't see it. Hi Andrew.
>> Hi guys. What's up? Sorry about that. I do appreciate >> first. Any comment, discussion among the board. >> Roll call vote. Andrew Grimes. >> Yes.
>> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. Thank you. >> Next item on the agenda is the spring programming update. I know it's so you got very lucky with the
will help you figure out how to share your >> deck is very fast. It's disabled. >> Yeah, it's in the uh packet. >> You'll have it in the You'll have it in the packet. Andrew, I don't know if Andrew has his packet.
share my screen. So, I'm just going to tell you to switch slides, I guess. Yes. I'm Olivia Mcllo and I'm the head of public services here at the library. Um, so I'm going to give the public services spring update, but first we
have to look back at the wonderful snow and winter that we had. We all had Yeah, that's true. That is very true. >> Um, so we can go to the next slide after you do full screen.
We had a Celtic concert with with Jeff Snow um early in December actually and we had 45 attendees which was awesome because in December there's always a drop off in attendance but this one was very highly attended that was for adults. We also had become a suit master which had 30 very lively very happy
attendees. Um and there was a wait list of about 15 people so we might bring it back for next winter. They were very happy with that one. We also hosted a mini rave um for the toddlers with glow sticks and disco balls and they had a great time dancing. It was really fun. That was in January. We also hosted our
first clothing swap. This was actually the weekend of our first 20-inch snowstorm. I got 20 inches where I live. I think reading got like a foot maybe. Um but it was the weekend of the snowstorm and we had 70 attendees which is awesome. And we had 200 donations
afterward. Any extra donations we had were donated to the American Red Cross and a woman shelter in Haveril. Um we also hosted with Reading Neighbors Network an author talk which had 32 attendees which is amazing for an author talk. Usually we have a very small crowd for those but we uh partnered with
Reading Neighbors Network and Whitelum and we had a really great turnout for that. And we also had I'm boasting but we also had a really great turnout for our exam cra during midterms because we gave Chipotle for the first time. >> Nice. and they loved it. We had 140
people. Yeah. So, we can go to the next slide. We also did trivia and the librarians did win beat the librarians at trivia by 79 points which is unfair because there are two Jeopardy players. >> It was not even close.
>> No, people had zero points by the end. >> Yeah, they did. We did it Jeopardy style. Yeah, they they wagered their points and the librarians gained more points and everyone else lost all their points. >> Yeah. >> So,
we will do it again because it was really popular. We had like 34 people. It was really good. >> Um I might make the team smaller for it to be fair. >> We can go to the next slide. >> Same team.
>> They were ridiculous. To be fair, there was another Jeopardy contestant on a different team. So, there was another Jeopardy person. >> Really? >> Yes. >> All right. So, this is now looking ahead toward the spring. So, we just had Sparkly Story Time on Saturday with 72
people. Everyone loved it. We had some people ask if we could have it again. Um, they were very into it. We're hosting an author for children. Um, her name is Carrie Finnisonen. She wrote a book called Plenty of Pancakes. We will be serving pancakes because it's in the book. We will also be doing Giant Candyland
again. That's for all ages during spring break. Citizen Kids is an amazing program that our librarian Megan White runs. It's uh through Jane Goodall's Root Shoots and Leaves. We do it every year and the kids come up with a fundraising idea for something in town. In the past, they've done a yard sale,
they've done a bake sale. Um it's all independent through the kids. They decide what's necessary for the town. At one point, they wanted to make a bike lane. So, they dream big in that group. It's very fun. And we're also hosting another Zenen and that's a really great opportunity for kids or for twins and
adults to come together and do something that's not on a screen. So in the past we've done painting. This time they're making airplants and it's just time to spend with your tween. Um and then we are hosting a bingo bonanza for all ages during spring break as well and it is a bingo that is banana themed. There will
be banana splits. It'll be very fun. our new partnerships. Uh we've been working with the multilingual learner department for a long time, but we are these are new programs that we're working with them. Once a month, we'll be hosting bilingual Portuguese story times for little kids.
Um we're going to have two bilingual or two Portuguese speakers and then a librarian who's an English speaker do these story times together. And then lab, which is Lair Appender Bilhar, is read, learn, shine. And it's for English speaking kids to learn Portuguese to
learn how to speak to their classmates. So, it's Portuguese speakers coming in and teaching kids how to speak Portuguese. And uh we have so many people on Mondays with the North Suburban Family Resource Network that they've added a class on our behalf. So, now there's a mini class
in addition to their two other classes they do here because it's too popular. We can go to the next slide. And then for the teens, uh to really piggyback off of K-pop Demon Hunters, uh they have a K-pop crafting program that coincides with a band named Twice that
is coming to Massachusetts for the first time. So to prepare for that concert, they're inviting K-pop fans to come and make light sticks and cards. And we also have D&D sessions with Guild Hall. There's three of them uh to try to level up I don't I don't know D&D terms
that well, but try to level up your character over time. there. Uh Megan is also hosting movie nights in the teen room during spring break. Her teen book group is continuing and we're gonna try to do a video game hangout for the first time since co.
Go to the next slide. And then this is for adults. So we just started the introductory um mandaring classes. They started last week and they run till April 8th. And it is a full session. This is free. uh a neighbor came in, a reading patron came
in and said they wanted to do this for us. They're a Mandarin teacher and it's a free class. Uh we have 14 signups and it's a good mix of like teens, new adults, like 20, 30omes and people who are retired. So, it's like a whole mix of people learning Mandarin together and
it's awesome. Um we extended the class. It was just 10 slots, but we had 14 people sign up. So, all 14 are in the class right now. We also have uh parenting the emotionally extreme teen. that's an author event with a therapist. So, it's um hopefully people will read the book in advance, but they can come
in and talk to the therapist about anything um that they're seeing with their teen. And it's a really really small class, so it's it's a little bit more private, but it's about 10 people, and you sign up to talk to this author and get some advice. We also have mental health first aid for
adults, which some of our uh staff members are doing. It's with Tanya for the coalition prevention and support and it runs March 24th through April 21st. And our Livewire series is continuing for Elder Services with Rounders to Baseball, the history of America's favorite game because you can't go wrong
with baseball at opening season. And then I'm hosting now that's what I call trivia, which is trivia from the 2000s and that's in April. And then um our reference librarian Ashley Cristiano is hosting a beginner English class because she teaches English um to non-English
language or English as a second language uh speakers in Cambridge. So she's bringing it to Reading. We go to the next slide. These are our meetups. So board game night is always ongoing. It's once a month on Wednesdays. Crochet and drop in is once a month on Tuesdays. English
conversation group is every week on Mondays. Factor fiction book group is once a month on Tuesdays and this year uh this quarter we are introducing majong meetup due to the popularity. It is every week on Wednesdays. Um we're hoping to bridge the gap between we have
a reading group that meets here and then also a private citizen group that meets here. So I'm trying to bridge the two groups to play together. Yes, I believe it. We've also been asked. Um, yes, the next one is in June. We try to do them every quarter, but it
depends on the availability of the person doing them. We are also doing more tech appointments. So, Sarah's doing two to three a month. Uh, we're doing tech tips for saving money with Mystic Valley Elder Services. Uh, it's a like three-w weekek class um on how to save money by
using technology. And we have one class in May, personalizing your iPhone and iPad and getting the most out of your device. And we actually just in started going to Peter Sandborn House to do tech appointments as well for people who just got iPhones or iPads and they can't make it to the library.
And then for the anniversary of the American Revolution, we have some programs coming up including in the margin women printers in the 18th century which is with I wrote it downwhere. Yeah. which is with uh Michelle Gay Gabrielson and it's how women helped the
American Revolution through uh owning printing presses. And then in April we have the civilians trapped behind the Boston siege lines which is with the historian Alexander Kaine and it's the aftermath of the battle of Lexington and conquered and what happened to the citizens there. And
then for our summer our summer reading theme this year is reading is revolutionary to coincide with the American Revolution. And that's our logo that our uh new children's librarian Lucy created. The next and then we have a Friends of the Reading Public Library outdoor concert
series which is to show off our brand new terrace which you currently can't see because of this now but it will be available by the time these concerts start. And we have uh for children we have Little Groove, Stacy Peasley, Selena which is a bilingual Portuguese concert. Marco are coming back. Rocka by
Beats is uh bilingual in Spanish. Peter Sheridan is a fan favorite. And for adults, we have Speechless, which is a spot popstrings duo, kind of like vitamin String quartet. Um, we have a pirate band that's also a comedy troop, which is King Serpent Variety Troop, and a brass band coming in as well.
And I think that's it. >> You guys have any questions? >> Beautiful. >> Anyone? No. Fantastic. >> Thank you. >> Thank >> That's my takeaway. We need a team to take you to. >> I think the trustees should have a team.
I'm just saying. I think we should. >> Exactly. It's gonna be like Jennings and I'll give him my mask. Um I'll just also add that something that's not on there is tenatively planned for June 4th I think is the um
foundation will be having we'll have more of a a formal launch to the terrace. So the things that you saw were sort of late April and May and we're working with the foundation to finalize the date and and all that but they're going to they wanted to do something to kind of more formally open and have a
ribbon cutting. So, that's going to be um as early as we can get it. No conflicts. >> I was going to ask, did people use it as a sledding hill before or is it now nice and >> Yes, they did use it as a sledding hill before. Yeah. And we did we did discuss that
>> winter utility. >> Yeah, we we we may put up some um snow fencing or at least things to help protect certain bushes and shrubs once they get going just to get snow. So, Honestly though, it hasn't been enough
snow for the last for a number of years. So, I I think it hasn't been a while. It's been a while since they used it. >> Okay. Any questions or comments? Well, I guess not programming update. Next thing up is the update on the land acknowledgement.
>> Yeah. So, just I just wanted to because you we spoke about it at the last meeting. I wanted to let you know that I had reached out to Martin Sorer who worked with us on the donation board and he worked with us on the tween spot design. So, he is working and he's trying to and we've he's taken some
pictures of different spaces. We think we have a location that we want to do it in and he is sourcing out vendors and pricing. So, it's something that we might be able to do um fairly quickly. We also might want to think about, you know, maybe we do the land acknowledgement in November or November
or October, which is the Native American Recognition Month, remembrance month. And um so that's going it's not going to be a huge cost. It's a we're going to make a very fairly small sign about the same size as that historical register thing. And then we will put the once we have that all settled or figured out, we
will post the um National Register of Historic Places black on the building and we will find a place into the brick of the old building um to post it. So it may not be right as you enter because
all of that is new and that's not the part of the building that is considered historic. So, um it'll probably be somewhere near stairwell one, which is the one going um into the reading room or up to the children's room. So, somewhere in that area. >> That's over on that side, right?
>> Yes. Yes. >> The road anyway. Um any questions, comments on that? we can move on to discussion and vote to sunset the ad hoc library landscape committee. >> So the committee met in February to when
they met with the foundation to talk about the next steps for an event. Um but they also realized that as long as they're an ad hoc committee. they were they were they were put in place to to design and do the quotes and oversee the the implementation of this. Um they want
to plan a party and that's not necessarily needed to have a public committee for that. Um the the folks that are on the committee would still like to participate and um so there's no there's no policy decision, there's no money decisions, there's no anything. So
um they had requested that the trustees sunset the ad hoc library landscape committee as they have fulfilled their um brief as was I think it was in 2022 that we started that. So um that was their request. Um doesn't have to be
tonight or it could be tonight. It's completely up to the board. >> Well they asked specifically right there's >> yes reason to >> is there any discussion? We don't want to have to post a meeting every time we're like, "Oh, should we have orders?" Um, that kind of thing.
>> I move to sunset the ad hoc library landscape committee. Do I have a second? >> I second. >> All in favor, starting with Andrew Grimes online. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes.
>> Motion carry 60 of the library land ad hoc library landscape committee is hereby Next item on the agenda is the financial report and the director's report. I have to scroll down all the way past Olivia's amazing presentation.
Yeah. Um we're this budget is is um doing well. Um I will say uh I think we're under Did your scans Did your scans not come out? Well, looks like I got it might be just my screen then. Um,
we are running under budget on salaries um which is mostly due to the number of transitions that we've had um over the last year or so. Um we did have some cash donations, no specific donations um
for anything special uh this this past month. Um, are there I mean we had a it's not included here because I think I just forgot to put it in here, but I did meet on last
Wednesday night the 7th. I'm sorry, the what was the last Wednesday night? The fifth. Something like that. The fourth. Okay, we'll call it the fourth because then this Wednesday is the 11th. That makes sense. Um the town department
heads and the new acting manager town manager Jane Wellman met with the finance committee on Wednesday, March 4th. We went through the uh whole budget um in one night. It took a little while, but we got through that. Um the questions there were really no questions
for anybody. The budget that's been presented is as tight as um it can be done. I just kudos to the town accountant, the CFO, um, Sharon Angstrom, which does an amazing job balancing things out. And, you know, if
I say, "Oh, I don't need this $2,000," she finds a place to get it. Or she asks somebody else for $10,000 so that we can fill in something else. So, it's a really collaborative um process with all the town department heads and and Sharon is the CFO and she heads all of that up.
So, we were very pleased with that. So, it looks like the FY27 budget is approved to go to town meeting and that will be the final step is to have it approved at town meeting. And there were no major changes. There's no staffing changes particularly like no
added hours or added positions for FY27 for the library. And if there aren't any questions about the finance, I'll go on to the director's report. Um, so you'll notice a s uh significant uptick in our volunteer hours with 103
in February. Uh, that's because our bookmates program has started. Um, if you're not familiar with that, that's where uh we have we work with and train uh teenagers, young adults to read with younger readers. It's a fabulous program. It's a one-to-one program that
the kids do. It takes a lot of coordination. and it's it's a lot of work, but it's very very rewarding both for our staff and for the kids that are involved. Um, so we're excited to bring that back and we're hoping to to have it as a regular feature at least once a
year if not enough if not more. Um, it's a it's an opportunity for peer leadership and or for leadership for for our our teens. Um, also the locker use is up. Um, I know it's something we've tracked, painfully
tracked, meticulously tracked, I should say, um, over the last since we've installed it. Um, and it was just in in February, 181 items were picked up. And I just got a report that on that last day of February, uh, Valerie Goldigh
House, who who manages them, sent around an email saying, "Woo, 27 of 37 lockers are filled today." Um, and I think actually having the snow has encouraged people to start using it because they're like, "Oh, I'm not going to get there. I'm not going to finish shoveling before the library closes, so I can just pick
things up." So, it's it's really been I think it's really starting to take off. And we're have some regular users. We're getting new users. So, I just wanted to let you know that's that's seems to be going going very well. Um, our home delivery is up, which is exciting. Um, that's one of the hardest things to keep
going. We always have to have volunteers to deliver it as well as the staff to do the selection and logistics of checking the materials out. And um Olivia already talked about the taria. Um also want to shout out to the children's staff as you
know it's an amazing staff. Um February vacation was incredibly busy. Um between there was some snow but also just in general. Um we will never have a
time when people don't complain about the parking. It is particularly bad with the snow because for a couple days we're down a few spaces and even when you park on the street, you've got to kind of walk around. So, the staff handled gracefully a lot of comments and
frustrations about the about the parking, but um it was busy every day. The create a castle event was over three days and basically kids came in and they built things and it got taken down and they could build more the next day. In fact, they ended up moving it down here because it was so popular. Um, it was
just really a nice creative way to to spend some time inside. Um, and the rest of the programs were very for February vacation were were very busy. Um, also I just wanted to um let you know if if I haven't mentioned
it before, I don't know, but culture city offers a sensory inclusive institution certification. Um many this can be done on a huge scale like you can see it at arenas and concert venues and things like that but also
museums and libraries take advantage of this. Um the main thing is to have your front-facing staff trained. We're doing we're trying to get all of our staff whether they're frontf facing or not. Um you we install signage and um we have
something called sensory bags at each of the service desk and one for the library things. A sensory bag includes headphones so that if you just need quiet, it invol it also has a lot of fidgets. We have a weighted blanket so if somebody just needs some space and
time to calm down and it also has um sunglasses that filter out um some of the lighting that could be really difficult. Um it's very typical for Have I mentioned this before? Okay, great. Um it's very typical to um think of folks
on the spectrum really benefiting from this, but I think it's really important to note that general me people struggling with general mental health issues, people with PTSD, people that are experiencing dementia also have a lot of sensory s sensitivities that um
that we can offer um to help them to make this space a little bit better. The health nook will become a um a place where you can go to sort of sit and get some quiet. It's it's not really used that much and when it does it's very
quiet in there. Um and then there's signs all over that says look if you need headphones or glasses and check these check service desk. Um it's part of our um equity goals in terms of becoming making sure that the space is accessible and our programs are
accessible. So, it could also happen that if there's a program going on and a person and their caregiver need to leave to calm down, they have tools that they can check out here. Um, so it's it's quite nice. It's been really well received by the staff. I think we're up
to about 80% tr trained, which is excellent. Um, and we're we're shooting for 100%. So, um Michelle talked about the library card contest that's going well. Um and also working on the Let It Grow program
with the Reading Public Schools, which is they're heading it up and they will send kids out with little goals all around town. It might be stop by the library, stop by the police station, you know, it's just to encourage kids of a certain age to be independent and out in the community. I believe it's based on
the um anxious generation anxious generation book or related to that. It's related to that. Yeah. Also, just another reminder that we'll be closed on Tuesday, May 19th, all day for our staff development day. It'll be
at the Mass Library Association conference in DERS. Local elections are April 7th. Uh your next general meeting is on April 13th and town meeting is starts on April 27th. it the just important I give you the date of the
next meeting because um even being reelected incumbents need to be reworn in with the town clerk before that meeting. If it's a pinch then the town clerk can come over here and swear you in. Um but you just need to make sure you get sworn in before that
meeting. Uh just shout out to Albert um P who is our director of equity and social justice. He was honored last Friday uh at the state house for the 2026 Massachusetts state house black excellent excellence
event on the hill. It's an annual event and he um received an award and was nominated by Rich Hagerty and Brad Jones repres who represent the reading community. We're also excited I think we are fully staffed in public services with
our newest librarian um who's filled a position Stacy Duran. Um, uh, you'll see Stacy around. Stacy comes from an academic library background, but has a lot of experience with customer service and and dealing with research and, um, things like that. So, we're very excited
to have Stacy on board. Also, we're hoping this week to find find our uh, a 20-hour a week library associate position. In your in your notes, it says we had 59 49 applications. We ended up having 52 applications. And let me just tell you,
for a 20-hour a week job with benefits, um, we were just floored. I mean, they just kept coming in and coming in and coming in, and it was a really wide, it's been very difficult because, um, some of them are young people that are just looking to get started to get some work under their belt. Some people are,
some of them were people with ML MLIS degrees that were perhaps maybe laid off or looking to jump tracks from one type of library to another. Um again I think we've mentioned this before that we are um one of the things that we're striving for particularly at this entry level
position is customer service handling um difficult situations deescalation the ability to stay calm positive customer service experience. So we're very um we're going to be interviewing this week for that this and next week for that and hope to have a decision soon.
And that's pretty much it. It was uh February was a quote short month, but with the snow it was a very long month. So, um if there's any questions about um how things rolled out in February, I'd love to hear them. Um otherwise, that's
what I have for the director's report. >> Any questions, comments? Thank you, Amy. >> Oh, I'm sorry. One thing that's not in here >> is that we did submit the annual report to the town uh to the town. Um Cathy had
a lovely letter that we put in front of the actual report. Um and now that I think about it, I will make sure that I send out a copy to each of you. >> I have a quick question on the financial report. >> Um Amy, the money is um for the studio.
>> Yes. >> Yes. Under gifts and donations. >> Yes. >> Um can you explain that? Was that Yes. Was that from the um foundation or was that >> No, that was a private that was a private donation um of someone who didn't wish it to be anonymous.
>> And it's it's meant for anything that we end up doing in the studio because at the time we you know we're it could be an art space, it could be a maker space, it could be a lot of things. And um so far we have used that money for things like the IMAX,
upgrading the IMAX, things like that. um some of the equipment that goes into the into the room. Um I think we have plans to do additional some maker space things that might be used in
the studio. Um and so we might use it to purchase equipment for that. So >> So it's used for like bigger items. It's not used for >> supplies. >> It's not used It's not really used for supplies. I mean, and honestly, um, we're noticing now after 10 years,
there's certain things like we're looking at the teen spot, like some of the chairs in the teen spot are really they're really kind of showing their wear. Um, some of the chairs, the rolly chairs in there are showing some wear. Um, so that could be also used to be
replacing or reupholstering furniture um or getting new tables and things like that. So, yes, larger things um for for that space. >> Okay. Thank you. Any other questions? >> Next item is uh the approval of the
February 9th, 2026 meeting minutes. >> Those include all the handouts that you received as well. >> I'll move to approve the February 9th to 26 minutes as presented. Second. >> A second.
>> Call vote starting with Andrew Gruns online. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. Sorry. To you and not. >> Uh yes. >> I think I will abstain. I was not here.
So the motion carries five. Uh future agenda items. What we have listed is April, the OEESJ annual update, nothing currently for May. And for June, the summer programming update, election of officers, the uh trustee meeting dates, and the holiday schedule.
>> I did have one other to add, the uh our ACE liaison reached out to give an update in the near future as well. >> Okay. Um would that be in April? >> Uh yes. >> So an ACE update in April. And the other thing I'll mention is that I was speaking with I was speaking with Olivia
and our local history librarian Jocelyn Gold. Um we do want to add something either to the collection development policy or possibly the local history room policy that clearly um they have they have a change that they'd like to
add. So, um, I may add that to a review piece in April with a vote on any changes in May, assuming they can get me the changes in writing in time for the April meeting. So, I'd add the local history room use policy to the April
meeting. >> Excellent. Thank you. Any other agenda items, discussion, questions? If not, Second. >> Um, Andrew. >> Yes.
>> Yes. >> Yes. Yes. >> Yes. >> I am a yes. We are adjourned as of 7:46 p.m.