Library Board Approved Minutes - April 6, 2017

DeForest Area Public Library Regular Library Board Minutes
Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 6:00 p.m.

  1. Call to Order and Roll Call
    • President Van Iten called the meeting to order at 6:03 pm.
    • Present: Gorres, Lawrence, Van Iten,
    • Absent: Blount, Hable , Englesby, Runez,
    • Also present: Library Director Berg
  2. Approval of Agenda
    • Motion to approve as presented: Gorres
    • Second: Lawrence
    • Discussion: None.
    • Action : Approved.
  3. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes of March 2nd, 2017.
    • Motion to approve as presented: Gorres
    • Second: Lawrence
    • Discussion : None.
    • Action : All approved.
  4. Public Presentations / Communications
    • Berg handed out a flyer of upcoming adult programs.
  5. Approval of Bills
    • Motion to Approve the Bills: Lawrence
    • Second : Gorres.
    • Discussion: Berg noted that the American Fund For Children Grant for Studio 203 was being expended. The bill being approved paid for a STEM cart as well as a carpet for the Studio area. The bills also included payment for an exterminator. The ants were marching back into the library now that the sun was out.
    • Action : All approved.
  6. Reports
    1. Director's - Berg had just come from the swearing in ceremony for the new chief of police, Dan Furseth. She reported that she had the opportunity to talk to a few village board members, the village administrator, and the new chief. She had also attended the retirement ceremony for the outgoing police chief.
    2. President's - None.
    3. Village Update - There was a brief discussion of the newly elected village trustees and about how nice the village campus is looking.
  7. Old Business
    1. Update on fundraising for Challenge Grant.
      • Berg had emailed a copy of the endowment’s annual report. There were no questions about it. Berg was asked to see if the deadline of the challenge grant could be extended do to extenuating circumstances.
    2. Long Range Plan 2015-2020 Success Indicators.
      • Berg had thought about some indicators, especially for the first goal, and asked the board for feedback before reformatting how staff is currently collecting data. What was proposed met with approval so Berg will the data discussed for the next meeting.
  8. New Business
    1. Adjacent County Reimbursement 2017.
      • The amounts that South Central Library System will use when filling the adjacent county reimbursement request on this library’s behalf had been emailed out. Those present concurred with Van Iten and Berg having signed the document to approve the filing for reimbursement.
  9. Future Agenda Items
    1. Long Range Plan 2015-2020.
    2. Annual meeting and election of officers.
  10. Adjournment
    • Motion to Adjourn: Lawrence
    • Second: Gorres
    • Action: All approved.

Meeting was adjourned at 6:41 p.m.

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