Tuesday, August 14, 2007
MINUTES
Present: President Duncan; Trustees Hull, Miserendino, Pierson, Thornburgh, and Young; Youth Liaison, Stefanie Petropoulos; Administrative Librarian Grabbe; and Administrative Assistant Grasmick.
Absent: Trustees Barnett, Garrett, and Plandowski.
President Duncan called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
In the absence of Secretary Plandowski, Trustee Pierson volunteered to serve as Secretary Pro Tem.
There were no changes or corrections to the minutes of the July 10 meeting. The minutes were approved as mailed.
President Duncan commended Mrs. Grabbe and library department heads for their contributions to the annual report. She stated that the entire report was excellent.
The current issue of the ILA Reporter contains a couple articles of note—Top 10 for Trustees and I Have a Crush on the Library Lady.
Administrative Librarian's Report:
Maintenance: The skylight in the garden room leaked during the recent rain storms. The roofer suggested replacing the roof of that section in the next year or two.
The Peter Hessemer sculpture has been installed in front of the building.
The fax machine failed and has been replaced.
Services: Book groups are starting up again. A high school group has been added.
Miscellaneous: We have had a couple of recent incidents with a problem patron. The police were notified. They are aware of this individual and recommend that we ban the patron from the library. The board discussed the police recommendation.
Trustee Thornburgh moved to accept the police department’s recommendation to ban the patron from the library for a period of one year. Trustee Hull seconded. Motion carried.
Mrs. Grabbe will notify the police department of the board’s decision.
A copy of the Illinois Public Library Annual Report was distributed.
June statistics were distributed.
Committee Reports:
Services: No report. The committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2007.
Long Range Planning: No report.
Finance: No report.
NSLS: No report.
Friends: The storage committee held a second meeting to discuss all possible storage options. The committee will probably meet one more time.
Volunteers are needed to work the book sale. Donations are pouring in and the activity room is being used to store the overflow from the expansion area.
The next board meeting is this Saturday, August 18, 2007.
Old Business: None.
New Business: Trustee Miserendino heard from a patron who asked what the library policy was on returning children’s books to the adult circulation desk. Mrs. Grabbe stated that we prefer to have materials returned to the department where they were checked out. Staff will encourage patrons, but will not insist.
The next meeting will be on Tuesday, September 11, 2007.
Opportunity for the public to address the Board: no one addressed the Board.
Trustee Miserendino moved, and Trustee Pierson seconded, a motion to adjourn. Motion carried.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:53 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kathy Pierson
Secretary Pro Tem