Library Board Minutes 1999 02-08-99C
Meeting of the Yorkville Public Library Po-rd2-8 -99 7 : 30 PM
The February meetirig of the Yorkville Public T, ihrary ! oard was
called to order by President Mikal 4'ielec_h at 7 : 30 PPM, Members
present wore Mikal t' Lelech , Russ Walter , Carol r,aChance , SandyLindblom, Linda flastyr, and Tris Steinhoff . Also present were
Library Director Michelle Pfister and City Council T- i,aison Art
Prochaska . Members absent were Cail Caebler , Sharon Rollins , and
T>onna F•'igora .
Recognition of visitors : None
Amendments tO Agenda : Adding one item concerning the oldcourthouse .
Minutes : IJndblom motioned to approve the minutes as corrected .
T,aChance seconded , and the motion was passed by unanimous voice vote .
Correspondence : The Tllinois State Library r ont a letterregardingnon-resident library cards . We charge the average tax payor TOO For
library usage . TE we want to raise the cost of a non-resident card
we would have to have the Assessor ' s Office give an average assessed
value of a home in the City of Yorkvl lle . 'Then that Figure would be
multiplied by our tax rate .
T1eri tape Trail confirmed concerns regarding the Y7t' problem and
stated we should he alright .
Public Comment : None
Report of the Treasurer : Walter motioned to pay the billsincludingthepayrollwiththetotalbeingT13 , 669 . 17 . Lindblom seconded and
the motion was passed by a roll call vote . voting yes were Pielech ,
Walter, tathance , T,i.rldhlom, Tlastyr , and Steinhoff . No negative votes .
Report of the Librarian : Pfister and Walter went to the school
technology plan meeting . Alan November talked about theinternetanditsfuture . Pfister went to an a-rate workshop at. HeritageTrail . Tax forms have been delivered . The library has ascannerforcomputeruse. Tt is not used by the library and could he
soldbutArtsuiggestedtocontactDanabouthowtogoaboutsellingequipmenttothecity . Original cost was $500 .
City Council Liaison : No comments
Standing Committees : Personnel Committee- R.astyr stated
a meeting will he soon to go over the Library T)irec•tor ' sEvaluation.
Policy Committee- to meet in late spring .
Finance - met Feb . l , 1999 to Se+; budget .
Unfinished Pusiness : The library addition was discussed . Thingsthehoardneedstoconsiderare *gathering names of arclhitcchs
State grant would pay 10% of. the Cost .
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Chee_ek into other libraries where
a rorerendum for addition passed
such as flatavia .
Discussion cons_ernirig going to a distict library vs . the city library
was hold . There are points to consider regarding use ofexistingbuilding . An intergovernmental agreement and a resolution would need
to be filed . Board members would be elccLe_d not appointed .
The board should visit other libraries who have had growth to see
their building and ask questions to see how they proceeded with
their plans . The first step we need to consider is inestablishingour. needs . Lindblom motioned that in the next 3 monthseveryhoardmembervisit2libraries . Flastyr secondnd and the motion passed
by unanimous voice vote .
New Pusiness : n concerned citizen stated storage or library storage
use might; exist in the old court house . We agreed the need ror this
doesn ' t exist at this time . The director ' s computer crashed and
there is a need Eor a new computer before the new riscal, year .
Michelle is to get a quote From the c'omputer Consul tarit services , inc .
Walter motioned to purchase a computer from Computer Consultant Service
hot to exceed A2 , 1 00 . T,aChance seconded the motion and it was
approved by unanimous roll call vote . voting yes were Pielech ,
Walter , I.,aC}lance , Lindblom , Taastyr , and `_Leinhoft . No no votes .
Walter lead the budget discussion. Finance committee wi l meet, to
finalize the budget on Tuesday , March 2 at 7 : 00 PM.
Linda F3astyr took over, the meeting at f : -10 PM .
LaChanc e motioned to adjourn . Walter seconded and the motion was
approved by unarlinious voice vote . Meeting adjourned at 9 : 15 PM.
Submitted by :
Tris Steinhoff , Secretary
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