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Carmel-by-the-Sea library trustees approve minutes, check registers and small budget transfer for interlibrary delivery
Summary
At a regular meeting the Carmel-by-the-Sea Board of Library Trustees approved routine items including minutes, check registers, a small budget transfer to start joint delivery service with Pacific Grove and Monterey, and confirmed 2026 meeting dates.
Marie Claire Gorham, Trustee; Donna Jett, Trustee; and Mary Jo Williams, Trustee, voted unanimously to approve routine business at the Board of Library Trustees meeting.
The board approved the minutes of the Oct. 22 meeting after a motion and second. Trustees then approved the check registers following a separate motion. Later, the board voted to shift funds to cover costs for a joint delivery arrangement with Pacific Grove and Monterey public libraries so that shared holdings can be delivered to Carmel patrons.
The funding motion described moving modest balances from internal accounts to a contracts/delivery account so the resource‑sharing arrangement can begin after the new year. The motion was made on the record and approved unanimously. The board also reviewed and approved the proposed 2026 meeting calendar, keeping a combined December meeting on Dec. 2.
Action details recorded in the transcript include the motion to approve minutes and the motion to approve the check registers; both passed with Gorham, Jett and Williams voting "Yes." The transfer to fund delivery was moved and seconded and recorded as approved; the motion text as spoken on the record listed the amounts being shifted in the transcript and will be clarified in follow up documentation.
The meeting adjourned after those actions.
