Library Board Approved Minutes - August 7, 2014

DeForest Area Public Library Regular Library Board Minutes
Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.

  1. Call to Order and Roll Call
    • President Van Iten called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm.
    • Present : Englesby, Gorres, Lawrence, Van Iten, Ziegler.
    • Absent : Blount, Borden
    • Also present : Berg, Newbegin.
  2. Approval of Agenda
    • Motion to Approve as presented : Gorres.
    • Second : Lawrence.
    • Action : Approved.
  3. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes of July 10, 2014.
    • Motion to Approve as presented : Englesby.
    • Second : Ziegler.
    • Discussion : None.
    • Action : Approved.
  4. Public Presentations / Communications
    • Berg handed out the latest copy of the “What’s Happening at the Library”, and gave information about the pesto/garlic library program.
  5. Approval of Bills
    • Motion to Approve the Bills as presented : Lawrence .
    • Second: Englesby.
    • Discussion : Berg noted the phone bill includes an added charge for the new phone line which was needed for the alarm system.
    • Action: Approved.
  6. Reports
    1. Director's - Berg gave an overview of the Harry Potter Birthday Bash and the Summer Reading program and party, and talked about the Dragon Dollar donations for D.A.N.N. and the Humane Society. Berg also handed out and discussed the 2014 year to date information.
    2. President's - Van Iten reported she helped with the Harry Potter Birthday Bash and noted it was a wonderful event and she thought it had even more attendees than previous ones.
    3. Village Update - None.
  7. Old Business
    1. Discussion of process for updating the Long-Range Plan.
      • The format of the Plan was discussed along with possible revisions. Because of employee turnover, the Board discussed raising the base wage to attract good employees. Berg was asked to make revisions and the Plan will be revisited at the next meeting.
  8. New Business
    1. Discussion and possible approval of job descriptions.
      • Motion to approve the job descriptions as presented : Englesby.
      • Second : Gorres.
      • Discussion : The job descriptions were discussed.
      • Action : Approved.
  9. Future Agenda Items
    1. None.
  10. Adjournment
    • Motion to Adjourn : Lawrence.
    • Second : Gorres.
    • Action : Approved.

Meeting was adjourned at 6:42 p.m.

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