Minutes
Library Board of Trustees - Minutes - Apr 20, 2026
Apr 20, 2026
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Page 1 of 4 1 Library Board of Trustees2 Regular Meeting3 April 20, 2026 – 7:00 P.M4 Simsbury Public Library – Weatogue Room5 725 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT 060706 7 MINUTES8 9 I. CALL TO ORDER- Madam Chair McGrath called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.10 11 Present: Chair, Holly McGrath; Vice Chair, Polly Rice; Secretary, Mary Glassman;12 Co-Chair of Strategic Plan Committee, Don Heymann; Board of Trustees: Heather13 Czuchta, Anne Erickson, Marianne O’Neil, Susan Ray, and Laurie Shinaman;14 Simsbury Public Library Director, Lisa Miceli; and President of the Friends of the15 Library, Greg Golinski.16 17 All present stood for the Pledge of Allegiance18 19 II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES20 21 March 16, 2026, Regular Meeting22 23 MOTION: Trustee Ray made a motion, seconded by Trustee O’Neil, to approve the24 Minutes of the March 16, 2026 Regular Meeting as written. Madam Chair Rice and25 Secretary Glassman abstained. The motion carried unanimously. (7-0-2)26 27 MOTION: Trustee O’Neil made a motion, seconded by Madam Chair Rice, to move28 the Greater Hartford Gives Foundation Greater to the next item on the Agenda. The29 motion carried unanimously. (9-0-0)30 31 III. GREATER HARTFORD GIVES FOUNDATION32 33 Brad Drazen, Vice President of Communications for the Greater Hartford Gives34 Foundation, introduced the idea of partnership, room reservation and signage to that35 effect at the Library. The Board decided to continue the conversation at the May36 meeting.37 38 Library Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Minutes April 20, 2026 Page 2 of 4 39 IV. PUBLIC AUDIENCE40 41 No public audience.42 43 V. COMMUNICATIONS44 45 Secretary Glassman complimented and thanked Madam Chair McGrath’s presentation46 for the Strategic Plan at the Board of Selectmen meeting and asked that the Listening47 Sessions for April and May be put on the Library’s calendar.48 49 VI. FRIENDS’ REPORT50 51 President Golinski reported that the Author Luncheon will be on May 19th and still has52 some openings.53 54 VII. CHAIR’S REPORT55 56 Madam Chair McGrath reported that the EV chargers would be a level 2 charger and57 included there was no further information at this time.58 59 VIII. DIRECTOR’S REPORT60 61 Library Director Miceli reported:62 63 • The best option for coil repair for the HVAC system in the Tariffville Room64 will cost $27,000 and will likely come out of Year-End Savings. This will repair65 the immediate issue, prevent another occurrence and `bring the Tariffville66 HVAC in line with the other Library HVAC systems.67 • The building access has changed from passcodes to ID’s, badges, and key fobs.68 • The Land Trust is having a tree planting and plaque dedication in honor of their69 50th anniversary on Friday at 3 P.M. at the north end of the Library’s lawn.70 • She has been asked to be a part of the CT Library Association Mentoring71 Programming and will be mentoring another Library Director for the next six72 to twelve months.73 74 IX. MARCH FINANCE REPORT75 76 Library Director Miceli reported that the Facilities Maintenance states that it is over by77 $23,000. She continues to keep the Finance Director and Town Manager informed of78 facility issues.79 80 X. BUDGET FY 2026-202781 Library Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Minutes April 20, 2026 Page 3 of 4 82 Madam Chair McGrath stated that there is another Budget Hearing on 4/21 at Town83 Hall.84 85 XI. LIBRARY HOURS86 87 It has been proposed that the Library change its hours Monday through Thursday to88 close at 8 P.M. Trustee Ray recommended opening at 9 A.M. as patrons desire an89 earlier opening. The change to close at 8 PM has minimal financial impact and would90 make evening programming and meetings difficult to manage.91 92 MOTION: Secretary Glassman made a motion, seconded by Madam Vice Chair Rice,93 for the Simsbury Public Library to keep its existing hours. The motion carried94 unanimously. (9-0-0)95 96 XII. PRIMARY EARLY VOTING JULY 31 – AUGUST 1097 98 Library Director Miceli stated that programming will be arranged around the FSPL99 Room’s occupancy for the Primary Early Voting.100 101 XIII. VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION EVENT – Thursday, April 23rd at 3 P.M.102 103 Library Director Miceli stated that Le Banh’s Pastry Chef Kim Hoang Wood will be104 serving dessert. All trustees are invited to attend.105 106 XIV. STRATEGIC PLAN COMMITTEE107 108 Madam Chair McGrath stated there will be a meeting April 22nd at 2 PM., a Listening109 session 4/28 at Saint Mary’s School at 7 P.M., and a drop-in session with surveys and110 Cinco de Mayo snacks on May 5th. Currently there are close to 300 survey results.111 112 MOTION: Trustee Ray made a motion, seconded by Strategic Plan Committee Co-113 Chair Heymann, for Trustee Czuchta to step down from the Committee and have114 Trustee Erickson appointed in her place for minority representation. The motion carried115 unanimously. (9-0-0)116 117 XV. ADJOURNMENT118 119 MOTION: Trustee O’Neil made a motion, seconded by Trustee Erickson, to adjourn120 the meeting. The motion carried unanimously. (9-0-0)121 122 Madam Chair McGrath adjourned the meeting at 7:49 P.M.123 124 Library Board of Trustees Regular Meeting Minutes April 20, 2026 Page 4 of 4 Respectfully Submitted,125 126 Amanda Blaze127 Commission Clerk128