Library Board Minutes 1992 03-09-92YORKVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
REGULAR BOARD lIEEIIKG
March 9, 1992
I. CALL TO ORDER: The regular meeting of the Yorkville Public Library Board
was called to order by President Mary Pat Storm at 7: 10 P.M.
II. ROLL CALL: Present: Carolyn Bown, Robert Johnson, Susan Kimes, Dick
Munson, Jim Sanders, and Mary Pat Storm. Also present were Robert Jackson,
Director, and Delene Drew.
III. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING: The February minutes were corrected
to read "A first reading of policy on senior citizen cards was held."
Motion to accept minutes as corrected was made by Bown, seconded by Johnson.
Voice vote: Passed.
Minutes of the personnel committee and finance committee meetings were
filed as presented .
IV. TREASURER' S REPORT: Sanders presented the Financial Statement for
approval. Bown moved to approve the financial statement as presented,
seconded by Johnson. Voice Vote: Passed. Munson moved to accept the bills
for payment, seconded by Johnson. ROLL GATT, (YES):Bown, Johnson, Kimes,
Munson, Sanders, and Storm. Passed: 6-0.
A 5100.00 donation was received from the Erma Hardecopf Memorial Fund.
Sanders proposed an adjustment to the memorial fund by taking S188.89 from
the memorial fund and moving it to the general operating fund. This will
correct the balance in the memorial fund to reflect the designated
expenditures that have been made this year. Motion made by Sanders, seconded
by Johnson.
Roll Call : (Yes)Bown, Johnson, Kimes, Munson, Sanders, and Storm. Passed:
6-0.
V. CORRESPONDENCE: The Project Plus Grant has been encouraged by the Illinois
State Library. A letter of support from the Yorkville School District
was received.
VI . LIBRARIAN' S REPORT: The Director reported that circulation has been
good. The large print books donated by the Lion' s Club have been ordered.
SOLS is dropping it s order service as of i/1/92, but the orders made directly
through Baker and Taylor will still receive the discount as was the policy
through BOLS.
All activities with Intergenerational Grant are completed-the last of which
was held at Cross Luthern School. Letters from the school are on display
at the library and will be published in the newspaper.
The library staff is doing an inventory and "weeding" beginning in the
adult section and will be putting discarded books on sale at the library.
A quilting demo will be held as the library on March 21 .
VII.COMITTEE REPORTS: Finance Committee:The proposed 1991-1992 Budget
Intergenerational grant was revised, and needs to be presented to the
City Council. Bown made a motion to accept the revision as presented,
seconded by Munson. Roll Call: (Yes)Bown, Johnson, Kimes, Munson, Sanders,
and Storm. Passed: 6-0.
The Impact Fees Budget was also revised. Motion to accept the revision
and present to the city council was made Bown and seconded by Munson.
Roll Call : (Yes)Bown, Johnson, Kimes, Munson, Sanders, and Storm. Passed:
6-0.
Cliff Jahp arrived at 8:00 P.M.
Sue Kimes left at 8: 10 P.M.
Sanders presented a revised 91-92 Budget. He noted that $69,669.00 was
received this year instead of $77,377.00. Johnson made a motion to approve
the budget as corrected, seconded by Sanders.
Jeff Storm arrived at 8:33 P.M.
VIII. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Motion was made by Bown to apply for the Project
Plus Grant, seconded by Munson. Roll Call: (Yes)Bown, Johnson, Munson,
Sanders, and Storm. Passed: 5-0.
IX. NEW BUSINESS: NONE
X. COMITTEE REPORTS: POLICY COMMITTEE: Second reading of policy on senior
citizen cards.
PERSONNFL CO`0IITTEE: Motion was made by Bown seconded by Storm to accept
the recommendation from the personnel committee. The recommendation is
for a 5R across the board raise for all employees, with an additional 5R
to be set aside for merit bonuses. These bonuses will be based on job
performance, and will be disbursed at the discretion of the Director and
the Board. All raises will be effective May 1 , 1992. Roll Call: (Yes)
Bown and Storm (No) Johnson, Munson , and Sanders. Motion failed 3-2.
Motion was made by Johnson, and seconded by Munson for 55 raises for all
employees. Roll Call: (Yes) Bown, Johnson, Munson, Sanders, and Storm.
Passed 5-0.
Announcement was made by Nary Pat Storm that she would be leaving the board
because she will be moving . Carolyn Bown announced that she is leaving
the board at the end of her term. The board will be "brainstorming" at
the next meeting to develop a list of possible members and will also try
to let the community know that we will need members.
Motion to adjourn was made at 9:01 P.M. by Munson and seconded by Bown.
Respectfully submitted,
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Susan Kimes