Board Meetings & Financials

Gardiner Library Board of Trustees

An appointed five to eleven member Board of Trustees will conduct and manage the business and affairs of the Gardiner Library. Members will be appointed to five-year terms by the Town Board of Gardiner by the recommendations of the Library Board of Trustees.

The Library Board meets the third Thursday at 7 PM. Everyone is welcome. Meets in-person and virtually. Contact Nicole at nlane@rcls.org for the Zoom link. Click here for Board meeting minutes and agendas.

Financials

Income 2021*
Charges and Fines $2300
Other $1300
Local Library Service Aid $1400
Program Income $4000
Fundraisers $26,200
Other Donations $1500
School Taxes $13,000
Gardiner Town Taxes $275,076
Total Income $324,776

*Grants vary year to year and finance specific requests, consequently they are not factored into the annual budget.

Expenses 2021
Accounting/Legal $10,800
Other $3700
Fundraising Fees $1740
Advertising $600
Automation $10,451
Programming $5500
Equipment $1650
Garden Maintenance $2275
Books $7,000
Digital Collections $3,000&
Recordings (Audiobooks) $1,250
DVDs $1,200
Periodicals $2,750
Office Supplies $3,00
Telecommunication Fees (RCLS) $1,600
Telephone $2,500
Alarm Monitoring $1,550
Cleaning and Trash Removal $4050
RCLS Service Fee $1,000&
Library Service Contracts $2,240
Building Repairs $3,000
Insurance $5,300
Utilities $10,000
Mortgage $64,620
Garden $2,275
Employee $174,400
Total Expenses $324,776

Annual Reports

2020
2019
2018