Call to order: 6:50 p.m.
Members present: Gary Pohl, Monique Musick, Mindy Gallagher, James Rogan, Syrilyn Tong, Deirdre Helfferich
Approval of old minutes- Motion to adopt- Gary. Second- Monique. All approve
Approval of Agenda – Adopt: Monique. Second:Gary. All approve
Finance Committee Report
Committee Update – written report, finance reports
Reviewed/discussed by board
- Gary donated a check toward general funds.
- Total garage sale revenue $179 (including two memberships)
- Signers at Denali AK FCU and Mt. McKinley Bank
- Amanda filed and submitted IDs at both banks
- Amanda has a safety deposit box key
- Other key in secure storage
CRS 2016 Completion Budget
Board reviewed expense report. Motion – Approve CRS expense report- Monique. Second – ST. All Approved
Membership roster – Start from October 2015 – update from there
New Passive House paperwork – Gary will take the Notice of Right to Lien and file copy with Stantec records
Grants Committee Report
- Grants Committee Update
Grant spending update- Deirdre $62,257.81 remaining
New bill from Stantec- $362.25
Committee has not met re grant applications etc. but busy on phase one
- Update: Phase 1 Project Status
Contractor is working on utilidor project at Eielson
Have entered necessary submittals
Still need to submit Schedule of Values and Project Schedule
Working to pinpoint date
- Project record keeping
- Groundbreaking and schedule: Week of July 25
- Coordinate with the Tape and Tarp – make both a bigger party!
Suggested date June 30 – potential conflict with Anderson Music Festival
- Coordinate marketing
James- suggest notifying insurance that construction will begin
Facilities Committee Report
Clausen Cabin Update:
- Not much change since last board meeting
- Need electrical finished before other projects
- Need to hire an electrician – prioritize projects that require an electrician
- Andrew Hunt’s original estimate was 50-hrs. at $65 for ~$3250
We have electrical drawings – procurement policy suggest 3 estimates and determine availability
- Contact Behr Electric for another estimate
- Lets get going with the process
- Gary can contact Darshan, discuss plans etc.
Work Completed since last board meeting:
- Items hauled to garage sale
- Joe Geiss and Jimmy Miller cleaned up “Anscar’s yard” before the Fourth of July
Next Steps:
- Balance of electrical: Need a new electrician
- Secure new floor beams in place and adjust post bases
- Build out new office and bathroom
- Relocate Monitor stove and fuel tank
- Handicapped ramp
- Insulate under floor
- Removal and sale of wood cook stove
- Demo and reconfigure kitchen area
Call for Volunteers: All of the next steps will require volunteers with appropriate skills and tools for the respective tasks.
Prioritize pre-winter projects: heat, moving fuel, foaming door
Monique will breech fuel tank moving with Scott and others
Deirdre can paint back door to match front
Grabbed three loads from the Chris Guinn collection – there are still a bunch at his house, will we be taking them all? When?
Most books are good/excellent quality or salable
Need to coordinate another load – James will ask when
Other Business
- Fund raising events:
- Tape and Tarp at Malemute
Include the ground breaking
6:30 groundbreaking
Deirdre – will come up with invitations for special guests
Monique will coordinate “groundbreaking” event
7 – 10 Tape and Tarp
Music – Skidmarks? Cotton Ginny? Others?
Costumes (prizes)
Suggested donation $15 – $10 in costume
Items for raffle/auction – tickets/brown bags
Decorations
Let’s meet to finalize – July 13 – 6:45
- Sale of tub and woodstove
Mo will follow up on sell sheet
- LiBerry Music Festival
- Other Items
- board email addresses
Bluehost has emails – for generic use
Send login info via email
- bulletin board at post office/ poster needed
Deirdre drafted a poster – received some feedback
Will update and modify
Will move JTEL goals to the post office board
- TinyCat
Program created by Librarything – simplified library software
Track circulation, availability, book requests
We have 6,800+ books entered in our catalog
Tinycat limits at 20,000 items
Data can be exported when larger collections needs exist
We have it free currently
Beginning July 1 it would cost $10 a month
Deirdre will e-mail us information on reviewing the interface
Next meeting August 3