MINUTES of the

BOARD OF TRUSTEE’S MEETING

 

 

DATE:              February 13, 2006

TIME:              7:00 p.m.

PLACE:           Collinsville Memorial Public Library Center’s

                        Board Meeting Room

                       

Call to Order

           

President McChristian presided and called the meeting to order.  

 

Roll Call     

 

            Members present:

 

            Mrs. Patricia McChristian

Mr. Norman Schiller

            Mr. Gary Keller

            Mrs. Alice Hayes

            Mr. Howard Dartt

            Mrs. Mary Ellen Fedder 

 

            Members absent:

 

            Ms. Laura Herr

 

                Others present:

 

            Mrs. Barbara Rhodes, Director

            Mary Beth Boyce and Robert Clark, Staff members

                                               

           

Consent Items

 

1.                  Minutes of regular meeting January 9, 2006.

                                                           

2.                  Communications

<                   Letter from the Illinois State Library announcing the award of a Per Capita Grant for FY 2006 for the amount of $30426.67.

           

3.         Librarian’s Reports

<                   Librarian Barbara Rhodes presented her report.

<                   Report from Maureen Schreiber on the Children’s Library and Programming

<                   Report from Katie Heaton on the success of the Old Time Radio Show run by Robert Clark

<                   Report from Gary Clark, Manager of the Blum House

           

4.         Finance

<                   February Bill list in the amount of $30,324.55 was presented.

<                   General Fund Account was presented.

<                   Gift and Reserve Fund Accounts were presented.

           

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

 

            APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS IN ENTIRETY.

 

            A roll call vote was taken.                                                       

 

            Mrs. McChristian         Yes                  Mr. Schiller                  Yes

            Mrs. Fedder                  Yes                  Ms. Herr                      Absent

            Mrs. Hayes                   Yes                  Mr. Keller                    Yes

            Mr. Dartt                     Yes

                                   

Motion carried.

 

Committee Reports

 

1.                  Lewis and Clark Library System – No report

 

2.         Personnel   - No report

 

 3.        Maintenance – No report

           

4.         Foundation/Blum House – No report

 

5.         Museum/Friends Groups - No report

 

Discussion Items

<                   Policy 7 Part time employee absences were reviewed and table for further evaluation

 

Action Items


 

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

 

APPROVE THE INCREASE ON BUILDING LIABILITY TO REFLECT TOTAL REPLACEMENT COSTS ON THE LIBRARY BUILDING AND ON THE BLUM HOUSE.

 

A roll call vote was taken.                                                       

 

            Mrs. McChristian         Yes                  Mr. Schiller                  Yes

            Mrs. Fedder                  Yes                  Ms. Herr                      Absent

            Mrs. Hayes                   Yes                  Mr. Keller                    Yes

            Mr. Dartt                     Yes

                                   

Motion carried.

 

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

           

ACCEPT THR PROPOSAL OF HALL’S LAWN SERVICE FOR GRASS CUTTING SERVICES FOR THE SUMMER OF 2006.

 

A roll call vote was taken.                                                       

 

            Mrs. McChristian         Yes                  Mr. Schiller                  Yes

            Mrs. Fedder                  Absent             Ms. Herr                      Absent

            Mrs. Hayes                   Yes                  Mr. Keller                    Yes

            Mr. Dartt                     Yes

                                   

Motion carried.

 

                                                           

Adjournment

 

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

 

WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ADJOURN THE BOARD MEETING OF FEBRUARY 13, 2006.

 

Motion carried.