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
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specialto
make
tTiight allow money for their line item-Municipal
use. The city
d.Growth in Yorkville has slowed down. This could be
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due to the
developers, and the larger lot sizes required now.
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Lindblommotiouedto adjourn the meeting. Waltersecondedmotionandthemotionwasapproved. Meeting
adjourneatthe
P.M. The next regular meeting will be Mardi 9, 1998,
at 9:05
Iris Steinhoff, Secretary