#1 Approval of Minutes
Hedberg Public Library
Board of Trustees Meeting
January 19, 2010
Minutes
Trustees present: Karla Nitz, Lois Smith, Randy Golackson, Douglas Derby, Donna
Behn, Cathy Jennings, Dave Carlson.
Trustees absent: Carole Bennett
HPL staff present: Bryan McCormick, Sharon Alfano, Emrick Gunderson, Mary
Buelow, Linda Rogers, Jean Yeomans, Janet Morehart.
Guest: Burdette Richter, Ground Floor manager/Friends’ administrator
The meeting was called to order by Vice-President Nitz at 4:33 p.m.
Approval of Minutes
Behn moved for approval of the December 15, 2009 board meeting minutes,
seconded by Golackson and motion carried.
Presentation—Burdette Richter, Ground Floor Manager
Richter introduced himself and said that he began working at the library in July
of 2006. He said that the Ground Floor is open 72 hours per week and that there
are 65 volunteers that are scheduled to work during all of those hours. As Friends
administrator, he explained their different sources of revenue.
He said that an upcoming sale of the library’s withdrawn videos is scheduled for
January 29-30. A mass email was sent to area teachers informing them of the
sale. He said that they were told that by printing out that email , it would serve
as their ticket to get into the sale.
Board members thanked Richter for coming to the meeting and for his
informative presentation.
[Carlson arrived at 4:50 p.m.]
Review of Operating Statement
The operating statement was reviewed. No action was required by the board.
Expenditure Approval
Golackson moved for board approval of the January 20, 2010 expenditure list,
seconded by Smith and motion carried.
Reports
Activities Reports—Library staff members gave reports of recent activities.
ALS Report—Nitz said that the State has increased the bandwidth available to
libraries from 10 to 20 megabits to allow greater Internet capacity and speed for
library patrons.
Friends of HPL Report—McCormick said that staff no longer receive discounts on
items for sale in the Ground Floor but by joining the Friends a discount would be
applied to purchases.
Old Business
RFID Update--McCormick said that things are going well and on target. He said
that Michael
Chandler from FTK Logistics was here today with blueprints of the area in the
circulation department. McCormick said that for now we will have one
induction station but we will allow room for the installation of another station in
the future. He said that the system is due to arrive by the end of April.
Carlson said that more information about the board retreat will be forthcoming
at the February meeting.
New Business
Carlson said that Diane Brown resigned from the board and that the 6-year term
of Karla Nitz will end in April. New board members Bennett and Derby will be
asked to reapply for those vacancies on the board. The new board members
will be appointed in April by the city committee on appointments.
Matters Not on the Agenda
Derby passed around an article that appeared in the Messenger about
Badgerlink.
Communications
Calendars containing old pictures of Janesville were made available to the
board. The pictures were from the library’s Bud Gruver collection of photos.
Adjournment
Jennings moved that the meeting adjourn, seconded by Nitz. Motion carried.
The meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m.
Submitted,
Janet Morehart
NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL APPROVED BY THE HPL BOARD OF TRUSTEES