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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, V(-, ,c yl_, " 4-'` • .., Susan Kimes