Trustees

Board of Trustees

• Chair, Sven Lindholm, Jericho
• Vice Chair, vacant , Underhill
• Secretary, Barbara Yerrick, Underhill
• Treasurer, Sharon Lockwood, Jericho
• Pegs Gibson, Underhill
• Irene Bihun, Jericho
• Wayne Howe, Jericho
• Nancy Karlson, Jericho 
• Ellen Arrowsmith, Underhill 

The Library Board Meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7pm in the meeting room of the Deborah Rawson Memorial Library. See our calendar for dates.  All are welcome.

 

Proposed Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budget

The DRML Board of Trustees has managed to keep the overall budget increase to 6%. The impact is $27K for Jericho’s budget and $16K for Underhill. We are faced with a number of cost increases: 

• Health Care benefits are going up 16%. 
• Our internet did not provide reliable, robust connectivity. We were able to install a new fiber optic internet service to meet community needs. The cost is $3000 per year.  
• Cleaning costs have gone up.
• We slightly increased employee work hours to meet the growing number of programs we provide and we are proposing a modest salary increase for employees to remain competitive.  Our employees are amazing and retention is important.
• We have developed a comprehensive schedule for maintenance and capital improvements so we can manage the amount of money needed to fund these items over time rather than have a huge, unexpected need at some point. This is shown in the Transfer to Capital Reserve line.
• The (revenue) carryover line is down substantially which means we no longer have actual revenue exceeding expenses to a large extent. We have emerged from the COVID years and are back to normal spending patterns. During COVID, actual revenue was more than actual expenses as the library was shut down, programs were limited, supply issues persisted so we purchased less new material. This carryover was then used to reduce the amount the towns needed to fund in the next budget cycle.  We no longer have that ‘benefit’ in the current budget.

Minutes and Recordings:

• Meeting Minutes – November 24, 2024 (draft)
• Building Meeting Notes – November 13, 2024
• Meeting Minutes – October 17, 2024 (draft)
• Meeting Recording – October 17, 2024
• Special Meeting Notes – October 9, 2024
• Special Meeting Recording – October 9, 2024
• Meeting Minutes – September 19, 2024 (draft)
• Meeting Recording – September 19, 2024
• Meeting Minutes – August 15, 2024 (final)
• Meeting Recording – August 15, 2024
• Meeting Minutes – July 18th, 2024 (final)
• Meeting Recording – July 18th, 2024
• Meeting Notes – June 20th, 2024 (final)
• Special Meeting Minutes – May 30th, 2024 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – May 16th, 2024 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – April 18th, 2024 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – March 21st, 2024 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – February 15th, 2024 (final)
• Annual Meeting Minutes – January 18th, 2024 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – December 21st, 2023 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – November 16th, 2023 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – October 19th, 2023 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – September 21, 2023 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – August 17, 2023 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – July 20, 2023 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – June 15, 2023 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – May 18, 2023 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – April 20, 2023 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – March 16, 2023 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – February 16, 2023 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – Annual Meeting – January 19, 2023 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – December 15, 2022 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – November 17, 2022 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – October 20, 2022 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – September 15, 2022 (final)
• Meeting Minutes – August 18, 2022 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – July 21, 2022 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – June 16, 2022 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – May 19, 2022 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – April 21, 2022 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – March 17, 2022 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – February 17, 2022 (Approved)
• Annual Meeting Minutes – January 20, 2022 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – December 16, 2021 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – November 18, 2021 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – October 21, 2021 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – September 16, 2021 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – August 19, 2021 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – July 15, 2021 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – June 17, 2021 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – May 27, 2021 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – April 15, 2021 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – March 18, 2021 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – February 18, 2021 (draft)
• Annual Meeting Minutes – January 21, 2021 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – December 19, 2020 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – November 19, 2020 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – October 15, 2020 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – September 17, 2020 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – August 20, 2020 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – July 18, 2020 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – June 18, 2020 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – May 21, 2020 (Approved)
• Meeting Minutes – April 16, 2020 (Approved)
• Meeting Agenda – March 19, 2020 (cancelled)
• Meeting Minutes – February 20, 2020 (Approved)
• Annual Meeting Minutes – January 16. 2020 (Approved)
• DRML Proposed 2020-2021 Budget
• For prior years go to Archived Minutes
• Annual Meeting Warning
• Annual Report 2020

Fundraising Committee

• Meeting Minutes – February 18, 2020
• Meeting Minutes – December 2019
• Meeting Minutes – November 20, 2019
• Meeting Minutes – August 22, 2019
• Meeting Minutes – June 19, 2019
• Meeting Minutes – April 10, 2019
• Meeting Minutes – January 23, 2019
• For prior years go to Archived Minutes

Personnel Committee

• For prior years go to Archived Minutes

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