Library Board Minutes 2001 03-12-01t -
Yorkville Public Board Meeting
March 12, 2001
7:30 P.M.
Iris Steinhoff called the meeting to order at 7:30 P.M. Members present: Iris Steinhoff,
Sandy Lindblom, Russ Walter, Kelly Murray, Donna Figora, Gail Gaebler, JosephGruber, Carol LaChance, and Sharon Rollins. Director Michelle Pfister was also in
attendance.
Recognition of visitors: none
Amendments to the Agenda: none
Minutes: Sandy Lindblom moved to approve the minutes as corrected. Carol LaChance
seconded the motion. All members present voted yes.
Correspondence: Heritage Trail sent a survey to the library about the services thattheyprovide.
Public Comment: none
Report of Treasurer: Russ Walter moved to approve the bill list, including payroll,
which amounted to $16,163.85. Sharon Rollins seconded the motion. A role call vote
was taken and all members voted yes.
Report of Librarian: Michelle Pfister reported that circulation is up.
The Mother Goose program was well attended (57 patrons).
JoAnn Merkel's donation(see last month's minutes) amounted to $1,135.
Small World Preschool donated $50 in honor of the Susan Bjorseth grandchildren.
John and Pati Bradstreet donated a book in honor of the Papa Pete grandchildren.
Sixty reference books were purchased.
A children's librarian, Rita Feltes, was hired. She will be paid $8.50 per hour plusfullbenefits. Michelle said that she has a lot of good ideas.
Two library windows need to be replaced. One is cracked and the other has a bad seal.
Yorkville Glass can replace them for less than$300.
Michelle mentioned that next year she would like to flip the overhead lights over sothattheyshinedownratherthanup. She said that the parking lot will need to be resealed.
City Council Liaison/.Human Resource:
Richard Sticka faxed the United CityofYorkville, IL — Projected Population from the city to the library. ThisdocumentestimatedthattheYorkvillepopulationwillincreasefrom6,944 in the year 2000 towellover15,000 in the year 2015.
Standing Committees:
A Personnel Meeting was scheduled for Monday, March 26, at1:00 P.M. in the library.
Old Business: Michelle Pfister prepared a brief history entitled Building Our Future.
ItshowsthestepsthattheLibraryBoardhastakenfrom1990tothepresentinpreparationforabuildingexpansion. She was asked to add dates to the history. Michelle
alsopreparedinintroductoryparagraphthatcanbeusedasacoversheetformaterialsthatwillbedistributedatthecommunitymeetinginMay.
Carol LaChance and Kelly Murray visited a library staff meeting and recordedstaffsuggestionsfortheIibraryaddition. These were presented to the board. KellyMurrayturnedthesesuggestionsintoquestionssothatthey, or something similar, can
bedistributedatthecommunitymeetinginordertoencouragethecommunitytoconsidertheseimportantpoints.
It was decided that Iris Steinhoff will run the community meeting. A rough agendawasoutlined:
Introduction of Librarian and Board Members, History of the Library, FundingOptionsforLibraryAddition, Discussion of the Current and Future Needs of the Library,Public Comment, and Questions. Refreshments will be served. It was suggested thatthemeetingbeannouncedinthecitynewsletter, in the Kendall County Record, onabookmarktobedistributedtopatronsvisitingthelibrary, and on the radio.
The board looked at Michelle Pfister's plans for the addition. The board discussed the
shape of the addition, whether or not there will be two stories, and the price increaseforbringingtheelevatortoabasement.
New Business:
The Board reviewed Avenues to Excellence and determined that weareincompliancewithit,
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 9:04 P.M.
Minutes by:
Kelly Murray, Secretary