Board of Trustees

Regular Monthly Meeting Monday August 8, 2022 6pm

 

 

Call to Order: Loretta Sutherland, President, called the meeting to order at 6:02pm.

Board members in attendance were Loretta Sutherland, Alicia Hollingsworth, Ruth Gerbig, Kathy Bray, DeeDee Feeney and Floyd Barker.  Library Director Kim Riley was also present.  Board member Laura Glunt was absent.

 

Call for Quorum: Quorum met

 

Reading and Approval of Minutes: Minutes approved as read.

 

Reading and Approval of Financial Report: Claims- $103,621.61    Receipts- $22,438.18

                                     

Approval of Bills: Ruth made a motion and Floyd 2nd the motion to approve the receipts and approve the bills.  Motion approved.

 

Report of the Director

  1. Maintenance issues – No new maintenance issues
  2. Programming updates – Programming was reviewed. We are participating in the new Indiana Library Passport.
  3. Budget – A motion has been made to make a resolution to reduce the 2022 operating budget by $16,000 and reduce the LIRF budget by $3000 to fund the 2023 budget by DeeDee and 2nd by Kathy. Motion passed.
  4. Board education (news articles) – Kim shared various news articles that featured SPL in the past month.

Committee Reports: none

 

Communications: none

 

 

Unfinished Business

  1. Land – Architect Harry Mohler and a surveyor came out to check our boundary markers to make sure that our land was not being encroached on. The builders are not encroaching on our land. We are also moving forward with the purchase agreement for the land next door. The builder is asking for a pedestrian easement which we have agreed to. They also need to change the name of the purchaser from the Building Corp to the library itself.  Anne Poindexter is working on the agreement.
  2. Bond issue – Nothing happening

 

 

 

New Business

  1. E-Rate resolution- Ruth moved that we join the Indiana State Library Consortium for Public Library Internet Access, Floyd 2nd the motion. Motion passed.
  2. New Page – Madison Traphagan has been hired and will start August 10th.

 

           

 

 

Public Input/Adjournment

Meeting adjourned at 6:37