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 three-year terms by the Town Board of Gardiner by the recommendations of the Library Board of Trustees. Find the by-laws here.

The Library Board meets the third Thursday at 5 PM. Everyone is welcome. Contact Nicole at nlane@rcls.org for more information. Click here for Board meeting minutes and agendas.

*The July board meeting will be held on July 14 instead of July 17.

Click here for our 2024 annual report to the town.

Financials

Income 2025*
Charges and Fines $1,000
Other $15,268
Local Library Service Aid $1,400
Program Income $6,200
Fundraisers $51,400
Other Donations $21,500
School Taxes $13,000
Gardiner Town Taxes $323,765
Total Income $433,533

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

Expenses 2025
Accounting/Legal $8,000
Other $9,400
Fundraising Fees $5,250
Advertising $1,500
Automation $19,043
Programming $21,000
Equipment $5,500
Garden Maintenance $4,000
Books $9,900
Digital Collections $15,000
Recordings (Audiobooks) $800
DVDs $800
Office Supplies $4,000
Telephone $2,500
Alarm Monitoring $1,700
Internet $1,600
Cleaning and Trash Removal $8,450
Library Service Contracts $1,800
Building Repairs $9,700
Insurance $6,300
Utilities $22,000
Mortgage $64,620
Employee $210,670
Total Expenses $433,533

Annual Reports

2023
2022
2021
2020
2019