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Laconia trustees approve $350 portrait evaluation and up to $7,400 for Semiquincentennial decorations
Summary
The Laconia Public Library Board of Trustees approved a $350 evaluation for restoration of the Napoleon Gale portrait and authorized up to $7,400 from the General Fund to decorate the Gale Memorial Library for the Semiquincentennial Celebration; both motions passed unanimously.
Marie Bradley, a trustee, moved that the board pay $350 to Martha Cox to visit and evaluate the Napoleon Gale portrait and provide a restoration proposal; Trustee Sally Sessler seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The evaluation fee will come from the library's General Fund.
Trustees then discussed the Semiquincentennial Celebration, including design, cost considerations and exterior power challenges. Trustee Matthew Johnson moved to expend up to $7,400 from the General Fund to decorate the Gale Memorial Library for the celebration; Trustee Bruce Kneuer seconded the motion, which the minutes record as "enthusiastically" passing unanimously.
Both expenditures were presented during the New Business portion of the meeting as discrete motions. The minutes do not record detailed vendor bids, specific design choices, or line-item budget allocations for either the portrait work or the decorations; those details will be set in follow-up work by staff and relevant committees.
