LAKE FOREST LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
MINUTES
Present: President Smock; Trustees Bacon, Duncan, Pierson, Plandowski, Thornburgh, and Young; Catherine Miserendino, newly appointed trustee; Administrative Librarian Grabbe; Administrative Assistant Grasmick.
Absent: Trustees Garrett and Palmer; Youth Liaison Turewicz.
President Smock called the meeting to order at 7:31 p.m.
Trustee Miserendino was welcomed to the board and introductions were made.
Trustee Young moved that the minutes of the May 9 meeting be approved; Trustee Thornburgh seconded. Motion carried.
Librarian's Report:
Maintenance: The alarm panel upgrade for the sprinkling system is being scheduled.
Services: The 75 th anniversary celebration for the library building was a lovely event. It was well attended and everyone seemed happy to help the library celebrate.
Miscellaneous: Mrs. Grabbe attended the June 5 th City Council meeting where the student liaisons were recognized. The appointments were valuable to the boards and students alike.
April statistics were distributed.
Mrs. Grabbe has received several positive comments on the new landscaping.
The proposed water feature is still in the planning stages.
Patty Kreischer, Head of the Graphic Arts Department, lost her husband, Gary, on May 22 nd. A contribution to the requested charity was sent on behalf of the board and staff.
Committee Reports:
Services: No report.
Long Range Planning: No report. The committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11 th to review the Long Range Plan.
Finance: No report.
NSLS: New trustee orientations are not on the training schedule yet. Mrs. Grabbe circulated an NSLS brochure titled, “What does a library trustee do?” She will pass some copies of the brochure on to the caucus.
Friends: A meeting to discuss the proposed storage unit is scheduled for June 16 th with Mrs. Grabbe, Jan Gibson, and Cathy Czerniak. The Friends board met on the 10 th to discuss book sale planning. The donation rate is still very high. The Friends are presorting donations on the back landing to help speed up the pricing/sorting process.
Old Business : None.
New Business : Trustee Thornburgh moved to approve the FY06/07 board meeting calendar. Trustee Young seconded. Motion carried.
Expenditures of Per Capita Grant funds were discussed.
Trustee Plandowski moved to spend Per Capita Grant funds on electronic resources. Trustee Duncan seconded. Motion carried.
The non-resident library fee card program was discussed.
Trustee Bacon moved to approve participation in the non-resident fee card program with a fee of $419.00 for FY06/07. Trustee Plandowski seconded. Motion carried.
A revised fee and fine schedule was distributed. Additional revisions were suggested.
Trustee Pierson moved to approve the fee and fine schedule with the suggested revisions. Trustee Young seconded. Motion carried.
Mrs. Grabbe thanked Sheila Smock for her 6 years of service on the Library Board and presented her with an engraved bookmark. President Smock stated that our library is a real treasure and she has been happy to serve on the board.
The next meeting will be Tuesday, July 11, 2006.
Opportunity for the public to address the Board: no one addressed the Board.
Trustee Young moved and Trustee Plandowski seconded a motion to adjourn. Motion carried.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:18 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Winifred Duncan
Secretary