WAUCONDA AREA
PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT
BOARD OF LIBRARY
TRUSTEES MEETING
October 9, 2006
The
meeting was held at the
Dr.
Johnson, Mr. Jonak, Mrs. Miller, Mr. Stevig and Mrs. Whitman. Trustees absent: Mrs. Carr, Mr. Kosty. Staff present: Julie Cerqua (Business
Manager) and Jan Staudemeyer (Head of Children’s Services). No visitors were present.
Due to President Kosty’s
absence, Vice President Johnson presided over the meeting.
Mr. Jonak made a motion
seconded by Mrs. Whitman to accept the minutes of the September 2006 meeting.
Voice vote. All in favor. Motion carried.
The
financial and budget reports were discussed.
Topics included: timely
submission of receipts prior to board approval of bill payments and
reimbursements, and follow-up.
Mr. Jonak made a motion
seconded by Mrs. Whitman to pay the bills as presented and to transfer
sufficient funds from the Investment Pool into the checking account.
Roll call vote
YES: Johnson,
Jonak, Miller, Stevig, Whitman
NO:
none
ABSTAIN: none
ABSENT AND NOT VOTING: Carr, Kosty
Library
director and departmental reports were discussed briefly.
Suggestions
from the Suggestion Box were discussed briefly.
Mr.
Jonak presented the Trustee Training session, describing his attendance of a
day at the Illinois Library Association’s Annual Conference. He noted that the sessions he attended were
problematic in that they seemed poorly organized and difficult to hear. He did manage, however, to gain an overview
of the “Your Library's Contribution to the Community” (LCTYC) program for
promoting the library’s contributions to the community and aligning the
library’s mission and long range plan with the needs of the community. It was suggested that the Wauconda Area
Library might benefit from using this methodology as a means of enhancing the
library’s image and usefulness within various segments of the community which
currently might be relatively underserved.
There
was some discussion of the various ways in which the library already provides
outreach services to the community – particularly to the schools – and some
possibilities to be considered in the future.
The
letters of thanks from the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students who had
toured the library recently were noted.
The
annual financial report from the auditor was discussed briefly.
Mrs. Whitman made a motion
seconded by Mr. Jonak that the meeting be adjourned.
Voice vote. All in favor.
Motion carried.
The
meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
Approved
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President Secretary