LAKE FOREST LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MEETING
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
MINUTES
Present: President Thornburgh; Trustees Barnett, Gibson, Miserendino, Westropp, and Young; Youth Liaison, Eileen Sanders; Administrative Librarian Grabbe; and Administrative Assistant Grasmick.
Absent: Trustees Dettling, Hull, and Pierson.
President Thornburgh called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
In the absence of Secretary Pierson, Trustee Westropp volunteered to serve as Secretary Pro Tem.
There were no changes or corrections to the minutes of the July 14 meeting. The minutes were approved as mailed.
Administrative Librarian's Report:
Maintenance: The parking lot resurfacing was finished ahead of schedule and was opened to patrons on August 8.
Equipment: The library’s phone numbers have changed as part of the City’s move to their new municipal services building. A copy of the new phone list was distributed.
Services: The summer reading programs have finished. Numbers were up in all groups. We had 107 adult participants this year compared to 80 last year.
Miscellaneous: June statistics and YTD were distributed. The June stats set records for adult circulation, AV circulation, and total circulation. We are also issuing more new library cards.
Committee Reports:
Services: No report.
Long Range Planning: The committee met prior to tonight’s board meeting to discuss library service response goals and objectives. The revised plan will be included in the next board packet for review and approval at the September meeting
Finance: No report.
NSLS: NSLS is monitoring the State of Illinois budget to see how system funding might be affected. Our library only receives 1% of our budget from the State.
Friends: The next meeting is set for August 29th. This meeting is to work out final details for the book sale at their new recreation center location.
Old Business: None.
New Business: The board reviewed Keeping the Public Informed: Administrative Ready Reference which can be found at: http://il.webjunction.org/readyref. The Policy Model section has the most relevance. The Services Committee reviews policies each year. This year we will need to add a policy for the CCTV security system.
The next meeting will be on Tuesday, September 8, 2009.
Opportunity for the public to address the Board: no one addressed the Board.
Trustee Young moved, and Trustee Miserendino seconded, a motion to adjourn. Motion carried.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:53 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Maria Westropp
Secretary Pro Tem