Board of Trustees

Monday March 11, 2024 6:00pm

 

Call to Order: Loretta Sutherland called the meeting to order at 6:02.  Board members in attendance were Ruth Gerbig, Kathy Bray, Barb Hybarger, Floyd Barker and Alicia Hollingsworth.  Kim Riley, Director and Harry Mohler, Architect were also present.  Board member Laura Glunt was absent.

 

Call for Quorum: Quorum was met.  

 

Unfinished Business

  1. Land –Town Planner started on March 4th; we are waiting on her to get up to speed then we will have

 Anne contact her to approve the new plat.  Kim has applied for a $15,000 grant thru the SIA Foundation

to help pay for the land.  We will know in May if we received it.

  1. Bond issue – Harry presented some elevation sketches to give us an idea of what the outside would look like. We went over some preliminary numbers from Baker Tilly. Loretta, Kim and Harry will meet with Baker Tilly and Ice Miller on April 23rd to get more details.  We will need to decide in May how much we are willing to spend before Harry moves forward.

 

Reading and Approval of Minutes – Minutes for the February meeting stand approved as read.

 

Reading and Approval of Financial Report – Receipts – $27,687.13

Vouchers – $33,668.89

 

Approval of Bills: Kathy moved to approve the bills, Alicia seconded the motion.  Motion passed.

 

Report of the Director

  1. Programming updates – Programing report will be attached. The reading program sponsored by The Farmers Bank has started for K-5 graders. The third winter concert for the series sponsored by The Farmers Bank will be on March 16, 2024 at 6pm.  Tickets are $5 for each concert. Winter reading program results were presented.
  2. Attended meetings – Kim attended 1 town council meeting, 1 reorganization meeting and completed 3 hours of continuing ed webinars.
  3. Acquisitions: 176 items added to our collection in February. 2275 physical items circulated in February along with 1374 electronic items.  18 new cards were issued in February.
  4. Other – 1) Imagination Library update was given. 2) Update was given on a disturbance in which the police had to be called.

 

Communications – None

New Business – None                         

Public Input/Adjournment: We adjourned at 6:56pm
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Next board meeting – Monday April 8, 2024 at 6pm