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Minutes 12-15-09 APPROVED 1/20/10 Hedberg Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting December 15, 2009 Minutes Trustees present: Dave Carlson, Randy Golackson, Diane Brown, Cathy Jennings, Donna Behn, Lois Smith, Karla Nitz, Carole Bennett, Doug Derby. HPL staff present: Bryan McCormick, Sharon Alfano, Emrick Gunderson, Sharon Grover, Carol Kuntzelman, Linda Rogers, Mary Buelow, Jean Yeomans, Janet Morehart. The meeting was called to order at 4:32 p.m. by President Carlson. Approval of Minutes Bennett moved for approval of the November 17, 2009 minutes. Golackson seconded and the motion carried. Review of Operating Statement The operating statement was reviewed. No action was required by the board. Approval of Expenditures Behn moved for board approval of the December 16, 2009 expenditure list. Brown seconded and the motion carried. Reports Activities Report—Library staff members gave reports of recent activities. ALS—There was no meeting because of the blizzard and hazardous driving conditions. Friends of HPL—The Friends board did not meet in December. Old Business RFID report—McCormick gave a demonstration of the tagging procedure. He said that staff has been able to tag about 125 books per hour. He said that eventually when the system is in place, an entire inventory of the library collection could be done in one week’s time. New Business LEAD initiatives—McCormick said that he and Buelow have been able to bring concepts from the LEAD training to the management team meetings. Items that have been discussed are the APPROVED 1/20/10 history of work, how to work as an effective team, what it takes to be a high performance organization, and how to motivate employees. He said that an all staff meeting in February would be planned to share the information with the entire staff. A201 Borrowing Privileges—Fee Card—Nitz moved that the board accept McCormick’s recommendation as presented. Smith seconded and the motion passed. Matters Not on the Agenda None Communications McCormick shared thank you notes received from several organizations. Adjournment Jennings moved that the meeting adjourn. Behn seconded and motion carried. The meeting Adjourned at 5:35 p.m. Submitted, Janet Morehart NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES