Library Board Approved Minutes - September 5, 2013

DeForest Area Public Library Regular Library Board Minutes
Thursday, September 5, 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 : Blount, Englesby, Gorres, Lawrence, Van Iten.
    • Absent and excused : Borden, Paplow.
    • Also present : Berg, Newbegin.
  2. Approval of Agenda
    • Motion to Approve : Lawrence.
    • Second : Englesby.
    • Action : Approved.
  3. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes of August 1, 2013.
    • Motion to Approve as presented : Gorres.
    • Second : Blount.
    • Discussion : None.
    • Action : Approved.
  4. Public Presentations / Communications
    • Berg noted County Executive Parisi and County Supervisor McCarville were currently holding a budget listening session in the Community Room.
  5. Approval of Bills
    • Motion to Approve the Bills as presented : Blount.
    • Second : Englesby.
    • Discussion : Some bills were briefly discussed.
    • Action : Approved.
  6. Reports
    1. Director's - Berg noted recent problems with the building's air conditioning and discussed recent building leaks. Berg reported she and Newbegin had met with LuAnn Leggett about the capital budget.
    2. President's - None.
    3. Village Update - Blount noted the Village Board has been discussing next year's budget.
  7. Old Business
    1. Discussion and possible approval of reformatted 2nd section of Revised Employee Handbook.
      • The 2nd section was discussed. It was agreed that Berg would make the discussed changes, combine the 1st and 2nd sections and then bring the document back to the Board.
  8. New Business
    1. Preliminary discussion of 2014 budget.
      • Berg passed out the year-to-dates. There was discussion about line items that had changed because of the building maintenance agreement with the Village. Berg also noted she was still waiting for numbers from others in order to work further on the budget.
  9. Future Agenda Items
    1. Review Job Descriptions.
  10. Adjournment
    • Motion to Adjourn : Lawrence.
    • Second : Englesby.
    • Action : Approved.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:04 p.m.

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