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Library Board Minutes 1998 02-09-98Meeting of the Yorkville Public Library Board 2-9-98 7:30 P.M. The February meeting of the Yorkville Public LibraryBoardwascalledtoorderbyPresidentGailGaeblerat7:30 P. M. Those present were Gail Gaebler, Russ Walter, Carol LaChance, SandyLindblom, Iris Steinhoff, Sharon Rollins, Linda Bastyr, i iikal Pielech, Library Director Michelle Pfister, and City CouncilLiaisonArtProchaska. Donna Figora was absent. Minutes of Previous Meeting: Lindblom motioned toapprovetheminutesascorrected. Pielech seconded the motion and the minutes were approved by unanimous voice vote. Correspondence: Melissa Barnhart sent a letter notingthereceitoftheHansoncontribution. Walter signed the letter asaboarcfflcer. Report of Treasurer: Walter motioned to approve the bills and payroll. LaChance seconded the motion and It was approvedbyunanimousrollcallvote. Report of Librarian: Lindblom and Pfister attended anOpenMeetingActheldattheNewCourtHouse. One thing we need tobesuretodoisgothroughtheExecutiveminutestwotimesayear. The board needs to get the executive minutes and possiblygothroughthemattheJunemeeting. Pati Bradstreet has some information from Heritage Trail regarding summer reading programs. Michelle spoke to Jeff Spang concerning the Internet home page. He said when we're ready to do this that we can have a link totheCityofYorkville's page at no cost. Pielech made a motion toputthelibrarywebpageintotheCityofYorkvillewebsiteatnocostto the library. Lindblom seconded the motion and it was approved by unanimous voice vote. Staff member Barbara Cates resigned because of moving from the area. An ad for part time help will be submitted andSundayhourswillbepartoftheJob. Staff job description will be rewritten and available for viewing soon. Committee Reports: Personnel committee needs to meet and complete Director Pfister's evaluation by April. Personnel committee consists of LaChance, Gaebler, Figora, Bastyr and Rollins. Old Business: The update on the Bernard Hanson Estate- the painting has been finished, the present shelving units are on sale and several have already been sold, the thncisgraf representative will be coming in to go over carpet andshelvingcolorselections. The board thought the winter spruce color for shelves would be attractive. New Business: The new budget for '98-99 was submitted to the board. Russ discussed the changes for next years budget. Russ made a motion to approve the '98-99 budget with the removal of the Bernard Hanson line item and removal of special contribution line item and changing the copier maintenance(rental) by removing the word rental. Lachance seconded the motion and it was approved by unanimous roll call vote. Bastyr noted the policy committee has met several times. The new policy is in booklet form and was passed out to all board members, These booklets will be for all board members. Anytime changes in board members occur, the booklets are to be returned to the library for the new members. Pielech expressed concern about needing more than 48 hours notice in advance for special meetings. A weeks notice would be preferable. City Council 'Jason: Art asked us to snake a listofattentionwiththedollarfiguresnecessaryorwe need needingms mkesavingintentionsknownifsavingforsome specialto make tTiight allow money for their line item-Municipal use. The city d.Growth in Yorkville has slowed down. This could be dg uetohighimpactfeescollected, the Increased standare due to the developers, and the larger lot sizes required now. rds with the Lindblommotiouedto adjourn the meeting. Waltersecondedmotionandthemotionwasapproved. Meeting adjourneatthe P.M. The next regular meeting will be Mardi 9, 1998, at 9:05 Iris Steinhoff, Secretary