Trustee John Schwab proposed using trust funds to augment the library’s collection budget by $24,000 for the January–June 2026 period, noting the annual collection budget has not changed since 2017 and is materially short of parity with inflation.

The proposal was presented via email read by a staff member: "As previously discussed, with no annual adjustment for inflation for 8 years, we are approximately 50,000 per year short of parity with 2017... I would enthusiastically vote giving the library 24,000 in January for the January through June 2026 period," the email read (John Schwab, Trustee).

Reno, the library director, said $24,000 is a reasonable scale for additional materials but cautioned about current storage constraints and timing. He noted the trust already includes a specified budget for teen and adult materials of about $24,000, and recommended staff prepare a prioritized purchase plan and stack maps for the trustees. "I can definitely have a much more robust report and recommendations by January than I do today," Reno said.

Procurement context: Reno also told trustees that a major materials vendor, Baker & Taylor, entered bankruptcy and will no longer sell books; the library shifted recent adult fiction purchases to another vendor and is exploring other lease programs. He warned that vendor changes and a bankrupt vendor could affect lead times for large orders.

Next steps: Trustees agreed to defer the decision and asked Reno to return in January with a detailed plan, including storage/stack maps, a prioritized list of purchases and a recommended spending range (the board discussed a flexible range around the $24,000 figure). No formal vote was taken on the $24,000 request at the Nov. 13 meeting.

At the start of the meeting trustees approved the previous meeting minutes 4–0 (Trustee John Schwab absent).