Library Board Approved Minutes - October 3, 2013

DeForest Area Public Library Regular Library Board Minutes
Thursday, October 3, 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, Borden, Englesby, Gorres, Paplow, Van Iten.
    • Absent : Lawrence.
    • Also present : Berg, Newbegin.
  2. Approval of Agenda
    • Motion to Approve : Englesby.
    • Second : Borden.
    • Action : Approved.
  3. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes of September 5, 2013.
    • Motion to Approve as presented : Gorres.
    • Second : Paplow.
    • Discussion : None.
    • Action : Approved.
  4. Public Presentations / Communications
    • Berg presented an update from LuAnn Leggett regarding our building maintenance account. Discussion followed. Berg also gave a reminder about the upcoming Trivia Contest and fundraiser.
  5. Approval of Bills
    • Motion to Approve the Bills as presented : Englesby.
    • Second : Gorres.
    • Discussion : Berg noted the short bill run and discussed some of the bills.
    • Action : Approved.
  6. Reports
    1. Director's - Berg noted she has been busy working on the library budget but is still waiting for some numbers, such as database costs.
    2. President's - None.
    3. Village Update - Blount noted the Village has been busy working on budgets. He reported a Taco Bell restaurant is being built next to the Holiday Express Hotel on Hwy V. There was brief discussion about the future of the area.
  7. Old Business
    1. Discussion and possible approval of revised Employee Handbook.
      • Motion to Approve revised Employee Handbook with approved changes : Borden.
      • Second : Englesby.
      • Discussion : There was a discussion about formatting on some pages in the Handbook.
      • Action : Approved.
    2. Discussion and possible approval of 2014 Budget.
      • There was discussion about revenues, projections, year-to-dates, and health insurance changes.
      • Motion to table approval until after the October 10th special meeting : Borden.
      • Second : Gorres.
      • Discussion : None.
      • Action : Approved.
  8. New Business
    1. None.
  9. Future Agenda Items
    1. Review Job Descriptions.
  10. Adjournment
    • Motion to Adjourn : Gorres.
    • Second : Borden.
    • Action : Approved.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:35 p.m.

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