TAX AND APPROPRIATION HEARING

October 18, 2004

The hearing was open at 7:00pm.

No citizen of the public was present to be heard.

The hearing was closed at 7:07pm.

MINUTES of the

BOARD OF TRUSTEE’S MEETING

DATE: October 18, 2004

TIME: 7:07 p.m.

PLACE: Collinsville Memorial Public Library

Board Meeting Room

Call to Order

President Funkhouser presided and called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

Roll Call

Members present:

Mr. Ted Funkhouser

Mr. Norman Schiller

Mrs. Mary Ellen Fedder

Ms. Nicole Hayes

Mrs. Patricia McChristian

Mrs. Alice Hayes

Mrs. Margaret Cadagin

Ms. Laura Herr

Members absent:

Mr. David Bohnenstiehl

Others present:

Mrs. Barbara Rhodes, Director

Mr. Philips Lenzini, Lawyer

Consent Items

1.Minutes of September 20, 2004 were presented.

2.Communications

< Thank you notes from food pantry and schools for recent programs

3. Librarian’s Reports

< Mrs. Rhodes presented her written report.

The statistical and narrative reports were accepted as presented.

< Report from Maureen Schreiber was presented.

< Report from Gary Clark, Manager of the Blum House

< 4. Finance October Bill list in the amount of $17,332.34 was presented.

< General Fund Account was presented.

A motion was made by Mr. Schiller, seconded by Ms. Herr, to:

APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS IN ENTIRETY.

A roll call vote was taken.

Mr. Funkhouser Yes Mr. Bohnenstiehl Absent

Mrs. Fedder Yes Mrs. McChristian Yes

Mr. Schiller Yes Mrs. Cadagin Yes

Mrs. A. Hayes Yes Ms. Herr Yes

Mrs. N. Hayes Yes

Motion carried.

Committee Reports

5. Lewis and Clark Library System

< Mr. Schiller attended meetings in Springfield with Directors and the Presidents of the Library Systems to discuss future of libraries throughout Illinois.

2. Personnel - No report

3. Maintenance - No report

4. Foundation/Blum House - No report

5. Museum/Friends Groups - No report

Discussion Items

< Presented Maintenance scope of work for the library building that will be presented for TIF funding.

Action Items

< A motion was made by Mr. Schiller, seconded by Mrs. McChristian, to:

THAT THE DISTRICT LIBRARY SHALL ADOPT AND INCORPORATE HEREIN BY REFERENCE THERETO, ALL OF THE ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF ITS PREDECESSOR, THE COLLINSVILLE MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY, FOR THE GOVERNANCE AND OPERATION OF THE COLLINSVILLE MEMORIAL PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, UNLESS AND UNTIL THE DISTRICT LIBRARY HAS APPROVED REPLACEMENT ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS, RULES OR POLICIES EXPRESLSLY, OR ADOPTED SUCH TO ADDRESS THE SCOPE OF THE PRECEDING PRACTICES.

A roll call vote was taken.

Mr. Funkhouser Yes Mr. Bohnenstiehl Absent

Mrs. Fedder Yes Mrs. McChristian Yes

Mr. Schiller Yes Mrs. Cadagin Yes

Mrs. A. Hayes Yes Ms. Herr Yes

Mrs. N. Hayes Yes

Motion carried.

< A motion was made by Mr. Schiller, seconded by Mrs. A. Hayes, to:

ACCEPT MEETING DATE ORDINANCE 04-01.

A roll call vote was taken.

Mr. Funkhouser Yes Mr. Bohnenstiehl Absent

Mrs. Fedder Yes Mrs. McChristian Yes

Mr. Schiller Yes Mrs. Cadagin Yes

Mrs. A. Hayes Yes Ms. Herr Yes

Mrs. N. Hayes Yes

Motion carried.

< A motion was made by Mr. Schiller, seconded by Mrs. Fedder, to:

ACCEPT THE WORKING CASH ORDINANCE 04-02.

A roll call vote was taken.

Mr. Funkhouser Yes Mr. Bohnenstiehl Absent

Mrs. Fedder Yes Mrs. McChristian Yes

Mr. Schiller Yes Mrs. Cadagin Yes

Mrs. A. Hayes Yes Ms. Herr Yes

Mrs. N. Hayes Yes

Motion carried.

< A motion was made by Mr. Schiller, seconded by Ms. Herr, to:

ACCEPT THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE ORDINANCE 04-03.

A roll call vote was taken.

Mr. Funkhouser Yes Mr. Bohnenstiehl Absent

Mrs. Fedder Yes Mrs. McChristian Yes

Mr. Schiller Yes Mrs. Cadagin Yes

Mrs. A. Hayes Yes Ms. Herr Yes

Mrs. N. Hayes Yes

Motion carried.

< A motion was made by Mr. Schiller, seconded by Mrs. Fedder, to:

ACCEPT THE BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE 04-04.

A roll call vote was taken.

Mr. Funkhouser Yes Mr. Bohnenstiehl Absent

Mrs. Fedder Yes Mrs. McChristian Yes

Mr. Schiller Yes Mrs. Cadagin Yes

Mrs. A. Hayes Yes Ms. Herr Yes

Mrs. N. Hayes Yes

Motion carried.

Adjournment

A motion was made by Mr. Schiller, seconded by Ms. N. Hayes, to:

WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ADJOURN THE BOARD MEETING OF OCTOBER 18, 2004.

Motion carried.