Minutes
Library Board of Trustees - Minutes - Feb 9, 2026
Feb 9, 2026
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Page 1 of 3 Library Board of Trustees1 Regular Meeting2 February 9, 2026 – 7:00 P.M.3 Simsbury Public Library – Weatogue Room4 725 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT 060705 6 MINUTES7 8 I. CALL TO ORDER – Madam Chair McGrath called the meeting to order at 7:009 P.M.10 11 Present: Chair, Holly McMgrath; Vice Chair, Polly Rice; Secretary, Mary Glassman;12 Trustees: Heather Czuchta, Anne Erickson (virtual), Don Heymann, Marianne O’Neil,13 Susan Ray, and Laurie Shinaman; Simsbury Public Library Director, Lisa Miceli; and14 President of the Friends of Simsbury Public Library, Greg Golinksi.15 16 All present stood for the Pledge of Allegiance.17 18 II. APPROVAL OF MIINUTES19 20 December 15, 202521 22 Madam Chair McGrath amended Line 65 to replace the “/” with a “.” at the end of the23 sentence.24 25 MOTION: Trustee O’Neil made a motion, seconded by Trustee Shinaman, to approve26 the Minutes of the December 15, 2025, Regular Meeting as amended. Secretary27 Glassman abstained. The motion carried unanimously. (8-0-1)28 29 MOTION: Madam Vice Chair Rice made a motion, seconded by Trustee Ray, to add30 “Land Trust Golden Anniversary Tree Planting” to the Agenda after “Public31 Audience.” The motion carried unanimously. (9-0-0)32 33 III. PUBLIC AUDIENCE34 35 No public audience spoke.36 37 38 Library Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Minutes February 9, 2026 Page 2 of 3 IV. LAND TRUST GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY TREE PLANTING39 40 Library Director Miceli stated that the Land Trust would like to have a ceremony to41 plant a tree on the north end of the front lawn of the Library with a plaque for their42 golden anniversary.43 44 MOTION: Secretary Glassman made a motion, seconded by Trustee O’Neil to45 approve the Land Trust holding a ceremony to plant a tree on the north end of the front46 lawn of the Library with a plaque for their golden anniversary. The motion carried47 unanimously. (9-0-0)48 49 V. COMMUNICATIONS50 51 Madam Vice Chair McGrath stated the Association of Connecticut Library Boards has52 an updated newsletter.53 54 VI. FRIENDS’ REPORT55 56 No Friends’ Report.57 58 VII. CHAIR’S REPORT59 60 No Chair’s Report.61 62 VIII. DIRECTOR’S REPORT63 64 Library Director Miceli reported65 66 • 55% of the population of Simsbury are cardholders of the Library.67 • Farmington, Brookfield, and Stamford can no longer serve as Passport68 Agencies, because the Federal government has deemed Association libraries69 not being government agencies are no longer able to process passports, but our70 Library can still do so as it is municipal, therefore part of Town government.71 • The Library is fully staffed.72 • The Library did not receive the grant from Connecticut Humanities for the “One73 Book One Town” program.74 • She has sent an email to the Trustees which was an advocacy alert about the75 “borrowIT” program. It would be helpful if the Trustees could submit testimony76 in support.77 78 IX. JANUARY FINANCE REPORT79 80 Library Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Minutes February 9, 2026 Page 3 of 3 Library Director Miceli reported the “Reference Materials” line in the Children’s81 Department had an error that they were overspent has been corrected and are at 82%.82 83 X. BUDGET FY 2026-202784 85 Library Director Miceli stated the Library will have their budget meeting with Town86 Manager Nelson on Wednesday and he presents the Town Budget on February 18th at87 the Special Board of Selectmen meeting, and there will be a Budget Workshop on88 February 28th 9 A.M. – 2 P.M. in the Main Meeting Room at Town Hall. Madam Chair89 McGrath stated the Town is looking to reduce the Library’s budget.90 91 XI. STRATEGIC PLANNING COMMITTEE92 93 Madam Chair McGrath stated they will have a meeting on the fourth Wednesday of the94 month and had a meeting in January. They have a survey that they would like the Board95 of Trustees’ feedback on before sending it out to the community.96 97 XII. ADJOURNMENT98 99 MOTION: Madam Vice Chair Rice made a motion, seconded by Heymann, to adjourn100 the meeting. The motion carried unanimously. (9-0-0)101 102 Madam Chair McGrath adjourned the meeting at 7:32 P.M.103 104 Respectfully submitted,105 106 Amanda Blaze107 Commission Clerk108 109