Library Board Minutes 2001 04-09-01Yorkville Public Library Board Meeting
April 9, 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, JosephGruberandCarolLaChance. Members not present: Donna Figora, Gail Gaebler, andSharonRollins.
Director Michelle Pfister and City Council Liaison Richard Sticka were alsoinattendance.
Recognition of Visitors: none
Amendments to the Agenda: none
Minutes: Sandy Lindblom moved to approve the minutes as printed. Carol LaChance
seconded the motion. All members present voted yes.
Correspondence: Roger Ritzman (attorney) suggested developing a policy which
outlines who can use the meeting room in the new addition. He recommended doingthisbeforethemeetingroombecomesavailableforpublicuse.
Public Comment: none
Report of Treasurer: The mayor reported that the real estate taxes amountedto22,000.
The past fiscal year we were over budget on some items (reference books) and under
budget on others (audio and juvenile books).
Items were purchased for the summer reading program for approximately $400.
An electric bill for about $200 is still expected to come.
Report of Librarian: Adult circulation was up (910). Registration was down.
Forty-three patrons attended the Mom and Me St. Paddy Day program.
334 books were added to the collection. 56 of these were adult reference books and 11 of
these were children's books.
There is a butterfly display, complete with live butterflies and butterfly books, in the
children's section. The butterflies will be released on an upcoming Saturday.
The summer reading program has been planned. It is called All Aboard theReadingTrain. Woody and Buzz will complete the program at the Beecher Center in August.
A $20 memorial was left to Georgia Matlock from Mrs. Virginia D. Matlock and Mrs.
Margaret Spitz.
50 was left for JoAnn Merkle as a memorial.
Aurora Tri-State Fire Protection and Alarm inspected the library and made several
recommendations.
The windows have been repaired.
City council Liaison/Human Resource: none
Standing Committees: The Personnel Committee met to discuss the LibraryDirectorPerformanceAppraisal.
Old Business: Williams Architects (Wheaton) sent a video to the library.
Michelle Pfister plans to order cookies for the community meeting on May 12.
It was suggested that the community meeting be mentioned at the upcoming school board
meeting.
Michelle Pfister asked the board to proof read the material that she prepared for the
community meeting and make suggestions.
New Business: Russ Walter moved to change the November board meeting fromthe12th (
Veteran's Day) to the
5th.
Sandy Lindblom seconded the motion. All members
present voted yes.
Sandy Lindblom moved to approve the schedule of dates that the library will beclosedduringthefiscalyear2001/2002. Russ Walter seconded the motion. All members
present voted yes.
At 8:30 P.M. Carol LaChance moved to go to Executive Session for the purpose of
evaluating an employee. Sandy Lindblom seconded the motion.
At 9:10 Joseph Gruber moved to adjourn the Executive Session. Carol LaChance
seconded the motion. All members present voted yes.
At 9:11 P.M. Carol LaChance moved to reconvene the regular meeting. Joseph Gruber
seconded the motion. The motion carried after a vote was taken.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 P.M.
Minutes by:
Kelly Murray, Secretary