Library Board Minutes 2001 02-12-01F
Yorkville Public Library Board Meeting
February 12,2001
7:30 P.M.
Iris Steinhoff called the February meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. Members present: Iris
Steinhoff, Sandy Lindblom, Russ Walter, Kelly Murray, Donna Figora, and Carol
LaChance. Members not present: Gail Gaebler, Joseph Gruber, and Sharon Rollins.
Director Michelle Pfister and City Council Liaison Richard Sticka were also in
attendance.
Recognition of Visitors: none
Amendments to the Agenda: none
Minutes: Sandy Lindblom moved to approve the minutes as corrected. Donna Figora
seconded the motion. All members present voted yes.
Correspondence: none
Public Comment: none
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Russ Walter moved to approve the bill list, including payroll, which amounted to
16,358.09. Carol LaChance seconded the motion. All members present voted yes.
Report of Librarian: Michelle Pfister reported increased circulation (505 items) for the
month of January.
Reference books were purchased.
Garden walks, mystery plays, and the sale of arts and crafts were suggested as fund
raising ideas at the Heritage Trail fund raising workshop in Morris.
The Kendall County Republican Women donated two books to the library in memory of
Grace Palmer.
JoAnn Merkel donated money to the library for the purchase of large print books.
Jim Nanniga contacted Michelle Pfister and asked if the library would like to be part of
the Illinois First grant. Michelle requested $10,000 for books.
Children's book reviews will be published in the Kendall County Record each month.
3,000 was spent on building maintenance.
City council Liaison/Human Resource: none
Standing Committees: The Personnel Committee is due to schedule a meeting.
Old Business: The Board decided to send several representatives to the next library staff
meeting in order to get staff input about the library addition. Gail Gaebler, Carol
LaChance, and Kelly Murray volunteered to attend the meeting.
The Board decided to schedule a town meeting on May 15, 2001 at 7:00 in the library.
This will provide the community with an opportunity to discuss the library addition.
The Board would like to see data which projects the future population for Yorkville.
Richard Sticka offered to investigate.
Michelle Pfister made several suggestions, based on need, for the library addition: a
sound proof story hour room, an office for the children's librarian, a room for the
cataloguer, and space for storage.
New Business: The levy was approved.
Sandy Lindblom moved to approve the proposed budget. Russ Walter seconded the
motion. All members present voted yes.
The issue of raising the non-resident library card fee was discussed. Sandy Lindblom
moved to keep the non-resident card fee at $80 per year. Donna Figora seconded the
motion.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 8:56 P.M.
Minutes by:
Kelly Murray, Secretary