WAUCONDA AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT
BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES MEETING
January 14, 2008
The meeting was held at the
Dr. Johnson, Mr. Jonak, Mr.
Kosty, Mrs. Miller, Mr. Stevig*, Mrs. Whitman.
Trustees absent: none. Staff present:
Mr. Jonak made a motion seconded by Dr. Johnson to
accept the minutes of the December 10, 2007 meeting, as corrected. Voice vote.
All in favor. Motion carried.
The financial and budget
reports were discussed. Topics included:
the likelihood of a year-end surplus -- actual expenditures are under budget
for the year to date.
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, Kosty, Miller, Whitman
NO:
none
ABSTAIN: none
ABSENT AND NOT VOTING: Stevig
Library usage statistics were
discussed. Topics included: decrease in
circulation of the Adult CD collection perhaps due to mainstream web-based
access to music recordings; increase in
There was some discussion of the
impact of the economic issues related to the sub-prime lending crisis. Mr. Kern noted that he would discuss this
with the tax assessor.
Library director’s report was
discussed.
Dr. Johnson made a motion seconded Mr. Jonak by to approve
the Schedule of Regular Board Meetings for 2008. Voice vote.
All in favor. Motion carried.
Dr. Johnson made a motion seconded Mr. Jonak by to approve
the Schedule of
*Mr. Stevig entered the
meeting at this point.
Mr. Kern reported that the
Friends of the Library had offered to pay up to $2,500 towards the purchase and
installation of a 42-inch LCD HDTV to be used to promote library programs,
materials, and services in the centrally located area where the large bulletin
board is now located. There was some
discussion of this project.
Mr. Jonak made a motion seconded by Mrs. Whitman that
the library board support the generous plan of the Friends of the Library to
provide funding for the purchase and installation of a 42-inch LCD HDTV to
promote library programs, materials, and services, and to promote Friends
membership and programming. Voice
vote. All in favor. Motion carried.
Mr. Kern distributed and
discussed briefly a new training checklist for new library trustees.
Departmental reports were
discussed briefly.
Mrs. Miller noted that the
staff’s holiday luncheon was wonderful, and Mr. Kern thanked her for being
there.
Suggestions from the Suggestion Box were
discussed. Topics included: allowing covered
beverages in the library; security of newspaper inserts such as sale flyers and
coupons;.
Incident reports were discussed briefly. There was some discussion of a problem
encountered with a smoke detector even though all the smoke detectors had
recently been inspected and serviced.
Mr. Kern presented a Trustee
Training session demonstrating web-based access to the monthly board packet on
the library’s internal website. It was
noted that this would save paper and printing costs, and will ultimately be
beneficial to the environment.
There was some discussion of
the Bylaws Committee (Johnson and Miller) and the need to review the trustee
bylaws.
Mr. Kern noted the library
would be accepting donations for the food pantry on an on-going basis.
A
Committee of the Whole meeting was tentatively scheduled for Thursday, March 3
at 7:30 p.m.
Mr. Jonak made a motion seconded by Mrs. Miller that
the meeting be adjourned. Voice vote. All in favor.
Motion carried.
The meeting adjourned at 8:35
p.m.
Approved ____________________
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President Secretary