Library Board Approved Minutes - December 4, 2014

DeForest Area Public Library Regular Library Board Minutes
Thursday, December 4, 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 : Borden, Englesby, Lawrence, Van Iten.
    • Absent : Blount, Gorres, Ziegler.
    • Also present : Berg, Newbegin.
  2. Approval of Agenda
    • Motion to Approve : Borden.
    • Second : Lawrence.
    • Action : Approved.
  3. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes of November 3, 2014.
    • Motion to Approve as presented : Ziegler.
    • Second : Borden.
    • Discussion : President Van Iten noted a misspelling of her name in the minutes, which will be corrected.
    • Action : Approved.
  4. Public Presentations / Communications
    • Berg presented a card from the Rosenberry family congratulating the Library on its 50th Anniversary, which was celebrated on Monday, December 1st, 2014. She also presented the Library Board with a plaque congratulating the Library on its 50th Anniversary. Rep. Keith Ripp presented the plaque to Berg at the anniversary celebration. The plaque was signed by Rep. Ripp, Rep. John Jagler, and Sen. Luther Olson.
  5. Approval of Bills
    • Motion to Approve the Bills as presented : Englesby.
    • Second : Lawrence.
    • Discussion : Berg noted the bills for books, library conference, front desk glass replacement, and plumbing repair.
    • Action : Approved.
  6. Reports
    1. Director's - Berg reported on the ongoing weeding of the collection and the November program numbers. There were 66 children’s programs with 1066 attendees; 21 teen programs with 152 attendees; and 15 adult programs with 254 attendees.
    2. President's - President Van Iten briefly discussed the 50th Anniversary reception.
    3. Village Update - None.
  7. Old Business
    1. Finalize 2015 Budget
      • Motion to approve the final 2015 Budget : Englesby.
      • Second : Borden.
      • Discussion : The draft budget was reviewed and discussed again, and was not changed from the last meeting.
      • Action : Approved.
  8. New Business
    1. Discussion of Endowment Campaign. - Berg handed out endowment campaign envelopes for the Board to share with friends and family. There was discussion about endowments. Berg has spoken with the Madison Community Foundation about the endowment campaign and Tom Linfield has offered to come and speak to the Board about it. The Board agreed they would like to meet with MCF.
  9. Future Agenda Items
    1. None.
  10. Adjournment
    • Motion to Adjourn : Borden.
    • Second : Lawrence.
    • Action : Approved.

Meeting was adjourned at 6:55 p.m.

The next meeting will be Thursday, January 8, 2015.

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