WAUCONDA AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT

BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES MEETING

Monday, December 11, 2006

The meeting was held at the library at 7:30 p.m. with the following library trustees present:  Mrs. Carr, Dr. Johnson, Mr. Jonak, Mr. Kosty, Mr. Stevig, and Mrs. Whitman.  Trustees absent: Mrs. Miller. Julie Cerqua (Business Manager), Kathy Nielsen (Circulation Manager) Jan Staudemeyer (Children’s Services), Sue Strauch (Adult Services). No visitors were present.

Mr. Jonak made a motion seconded by Mrs. Carr to accept the minutes of the November 13, 2006 meeting, as corrected.  Voice vote. All in favor.  Motion carried.

The financial and budget reports were discussed.  Topics included: mileage expenses; costs and budgeting of programming in general and tracking cost-recovery for fee-based programs.

Mrs. Whitman made a motion seconded by Mr. Jonak to pay the bills as presented and to transfer sufficient funds from the Investment Pool into the checking account. 

Roll call vote

YES: Carr, Johnson, Jonak, Kosty, Stevig, Whitman
NO:                       none
ABSTAIN:          none
ABSENT AND NOT VOTING:       Miller

Library Usage was discussed.  Topics included: the shading of highlights in order to make the statistics spreadsheets more user-friendly; the imbalance in annual reciprocal borrowing totaling more than 10% of the library’s total annual circulation.

Library director and departmental reports were discussed.  After some discussion, it was determined that, in an effort to make more efficient use of staff time and to make the departmental reports more user-friendly, the monthly reports in general should be less detail-oriented, focusing more on the highlights and concise summarizing of departmental activities.

Suggestions and incidents for the month of November were discussed. Topics included: the concept of offering video games for checkout; library security of teens and adults and how these groups interact.

There was some discussion of whether or not it is possible for an out-of-towner to have access to the library’s computer resources. This library does offer a “guest pass” for such instances.

Mr. Kosty suggested that library trustees attend more library events, as possible, noting that it makes an impression on the other attendees as well as the library staff, and presents a good opportunity to meet more library patrons.

Mr. Jonak made a motion seconded by Dr. Johnson to adjourn the meeting.  Voice vote. All in favor.  Motion carried.

The meeting adjourned at 8:08 p.m.