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.

The Library Board meets the third Thursday at 7 PM. Everyone is welcome. Contact Nicole at nlane@rcls.org for more information. Click here for Board meeting minutes and agendas.

Click here for our 2022 annual report to the town.

Financials

Income 2023*
Charges and Fines $500
Other $21,750
Local Library Service Aid $1400
Program Income $6000
Fundraisers $29,250
Other Donations $1500
School Taxes $13,000
Gardiner Town Taxes $294,331
Fund Balance $11,518
Total Income $379,749

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

Expenses 2023
Accounting/Legal $13,300
Other $16,260
Fundraising Fees $1,900
Advertising $1,500
Automation $14,900
Programming $8,500
Equipment $3,750
Garden Maintenance $3,000
Books $11,000
Digital Collections $7000
Recordings (Audiobooks) $800
DVDs $800
Office Supplies $4,000
Telephone $2,500
Alarm Monitoring $1,700
Internet $1,500
Cleaning and Trash Removal $3500
RCLS Service Fee $1700
Library Service Contracts $1140
Building Repairs $4500
Insurance $6,000
Utilities $17,000
Mortgage $64,620
Employee $188,879
Total Expenses $379,749

Annual Reports
2021
2020
2019