Library Board Approved Minutes - January 10, 2013

DeForest Area Public Library Regular Library Board Minutes
Thursday, January 10, 2013 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 : Bales, Blount, Englesby, Gorres, Lawrence, Van Iten.
    • Absent and excused : Zeimet.
    • Also present : Berg, Newbegin.
  2. Approval of Agenda
    • Motion to Approve as presented : Englesby.
    • Second : Gorres.
    • Action : Approved.
  3. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes of December 6, 2012.
    • Motion to Approve as presented : Bales.
    • Second : Englesby.
    • Discussion : None.
    • Action : Approved.
  4. Public Presentations / Communications
    • Berg shared a copy of the March 14, 1964 original agreement between Windsor and DeForest which created the library and then gave the copy to John Englesby for the Historical Society.
  5. Approval of Bills
    • Motion to Approve the Bills as presented : Gorres.
    • Second : Bales.
    • Discussion : Berg noted most of the bills were 2012, a few were 2013, and mentioned the NAMI and Pro One bills and contracts would now be handled by the Village as per the MOU.
    • Action : Approved.
  6. Reports
    1. Director's - Berg reported she attended the Dane County Librarians' meeting today, and they discussed how possibly to deal with how libraries, systems, and library services may change in the future.
    2. President's - None.
    3. Village Update - Blount noted the Village has been busy doing snow removal.
  7. Old Business
    1. Discussion of Budget and Operations document.
      • Library document was discussed again. Blount offered suggestions. Berg explained library standards. More discussion followed. Berg will update the document and make some changes to it and then bring it back to the Board.
  8. New Business
    1. Preview of 2012 annual report.
      • Berg noted SCLS will try to pre-populate the annual report this year. The annual report was discussed.
    2. Possibly move February library board meeting.
      • After a brief discussion, the Board agreed to move the February meeting to Thursday, February 14 at 6:00 pm.
  9. Future Agenda Items
    1. Review Employee Handbook.
  10. Adjournment
    • Motion to Adjourn : Englesby.
    • Second : Gorres.
    • Action : Approved.

Meeting was adjourned at 6:55 p.m.
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