LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES

Board of Trustees Meeting

Monday, November 11th, 2019

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

 

Call to Order.  The meeting was called to order at 6:06pm by President, Loretta Sutherland.  Other board members present were Jill Bishop, Barb Hybarger, Matt Lensiegne, John Vincent, and Katie Will.  Others in attendance were library director Steve Martin and assistant director Kim Riley.  Board member DeeDee Feeney and ACT member Lexi Woodcock were absent.

 

Call for Quorum.  A quorum was achieved, with attendance as noted above.

 

Reading and Approval of Minutes.  The minutes of the October 14th, 2019 Budget Adoption meeting were reviewed and approved as corrected.  The minutes of the October 14th, 2019 Board of Trustees meeting were reviewed and approved as written.

Approval of the Bills.   Katie reported receipts of $14,804.92 and expenditures of $21,603.09 since the previous report.

Reading and Approval of the Financial Report.  After review, Jill Bishop moved and John Vincent seconded a motion to approve the financial report and the approval of the bills.  The motion passed.

 

Director’s Report.

  1. Halloween (Trunk or Treat on Main Street)
  • Distributed approximately 300 bags
  1. Santa Claus at the library
  • 7th, 9:30-11:30am
  • Need board members to arrive at 9:00am
  1. New Programming update
  • Computer Programming (several men in community have offered to teach)
  • Elementary, 1 night/month
  • Middle School, 1 night/month
  • High School, 1 night/month
  1. T-Mobile rep offered Hot-Spots at $28.70/month
  • Opportunity for access at homes, check out hot-spots to be used at home
  • Wait until broadband is introduced throughout Sheridan

 

Committee Reports.  None presented for review

Communications.  None presented for review

Unfinished Business.

  1. Meeting tonight for Steve’s retirement planning
  2. Meeting with Steve Alexander on 10/9/19
  • Good information – 1st step is to Vision
  • What do we need?
  • Plan ahead

New Business.

  1. Learning through the Arts – presented by Jill Bishop
  • Includes Reading, Math, Social Studies, Science, etc.
  • Programming ideas
  • Jill would be willing to facilitate
  1. Corteva (formerly Dow-AgroScience)
  • They do educational programming for the public
  • Did team-building for Jill Bishop’s high school class
  • All ages, part of Community Outreach program
  • Jill will forward contact info to Steve
  1. ELECT New Treasurer:
  • Barb Hybarger moved and Jill Bishop seconded a motion to nominate Matt Lensiegne, Treasurer
  • Motion carried
  1. Discuss Interim Director role at December meeting
  2. New Director work session(s) in January
  • Interviewing Committee
  • Could add others as non-voting committee members

 

Old Business.  None presented for review

Public Input.  No public input presented, 2 members of the public were present

Adjournment.   Loretta adjourned the meeting at 6:57pm.

Next Meeting: 

     Board Meeting, Monday, December 9th, 2019