Library Staff & Board

Kimberley Kirkpatrick and Doug Lewis were also in attendance as they will be serving as new members of the Library Board.

Tessa called the meeting to order at 5:31p.m.

The minutes from the previous meeting were read and approved following a motion made by Curtis and seconded by Diana.  The motion passed.

Michelle gave the Treasurer's Report which showed a balance of $210,445.51 in all accounts combined, including petty cash.  Stacy made the motion to accept this report and to pay all bills.  George seconded and the motion was approved.

Jeana reported that for the month of March there had been 133 checkouts, 

111 patron visits and 13 reference questions.   21 adult and 15 juvenile 

books were added to the collection.

This years Summer Reading Program is entitled "Unearth a Story" and will involve activities relating to dinosaurs, family trees, and celebrating the 250th birthday of our country.  These events will be held on Tuesday afternoon from June through the end of July.

The State Auditors Report for the past year has been compiled and sent in.  The Wellsville Public Library Annual Report from 2025-2026 has also been completed and turned in to the City of Wellsville.

Jeana shared a letter she has written to inform the public about the tentative plans for constructing a new library building . She will submit this letter to the local newspaper for publication.

There are several CD's coming due at the American Bank of Freedom. It was decided to renew these for an additional 6 months.  Curtis made the motion to renew these deposits for an additional 6 months. Doug seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Jeana met with officials of the American Bank of Freedom concerning their empty lot on Hudson Street.  She was informed that the assessed value of this property was $210,000.00.  Jeana informed them that this was above what we could afford and was told to "make an offer".  All Board members were contacted electronically or by phone and all agreed to submitting a bid of $5,000.00 for the lot. 

At tonights meeting, Stacy made a motion, which was seconded by Sara, to use funds which would come from the Library's savings account to pay for the lot should our bid be accepted.  This motion passed.

At the present time we are waiting for a response from the bank.

Tessa and Jeana reported on their fact finding  questions involving the costs of various components of constructing a new building.  Jeana then shared information she had received from Donna Viehmann Planning and Zoning Administrator from the County Commissioner's Office concerning grants that would be made available to Montgomery County from Amazon in relation to their construction of the Data Center.  It is possible that some funding for our building project could be acquired through these grants.

Jeana presented the proposed budget for 2026-2027.  Michelle made a motion to accept the budget as proposed and Curtis seconded.  The motion passed.

In the election of officers for 2026-2027, the positions of Curtis and Tina Peery will be vacated due to the completion of their terms of 9 years. Stacy made a motion, seconded by Michelle, to elect Sara Steele as Vice President and Kimberley Kirkpatrick as Secretary.  The motion was approved.  The remaining officers agreed to retain their present positions.

Stacy made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Doug seconded.  The motion passed.  Tessa adjourned the meeting at 6:20p.m.

Tina Peery

Secretary