#1 Approval of Minutes
Hedberg Public Library
Board of Trustees Meeting
February 15, 2011
Minutes
Trustees present: Dave Carlson, Carole Bennett, Lois Smith, Chuck Goldstein,
Cathy Jennings, Kathryn Shebiel, Doug Derby, Quiana Johnikin, Randy
Golackson.
HPL staff present: Bryan McCormick, Sharon Alfano, Sharon Grover, Emrick
Gunderson, Carol Kuntzelman, Janet Morehart.
The meeting was called to order at 4:32 p.m. by President Carlson.
Members of the board introduced themselves to staff member Rene Bue. Rene
gave a presentation about her role as a bi-lingual coordinator for the library.
Approval of Minutes
Smith moved for approval of the January 18, 2011 board meeting minutes.
Bennett seconded and the motion carried. Shebiel amended her motion to say
that Trustee Essential 4 under new business should reflect that “discussion was
tabled” instead of “discussion followed”. Bennett seconded the amendment
and motion carried.
Review of Operating Statement
Board members reviewed the statement. No action was required by the board.
Expenditure Approval
Derby moved for approval of the expenditure list dated February 16, 2011.
Jennings seconded and motion carried.
Reports
Activities Report—Library staff gave reports of recent activities. McCormick said
that the library received a Janesville Area Creativity Award from United Arts
Alliance for “Growing a Reader”.
Arrowhead Library System Report—Derby said that ALS received a LSTA jobs
grant of $19,900 that will be distributed throughout the libraries in the system. He
said that there is a chance that Badgerlink will not be funded.
Friends of HPL—McCormick said the Friends held their annual meeting January
20, 2011. They will be sponsoring the purchase of two new benches for the park
and will be doing a separate mailing for membership dues.
Old Business
Head of Circulation search process—McCormick said that 46 applications were
received for the position. He said that two questions were sent out to the
applicants and of the responses he narrowed the candidates down to 9, and
the selection committee will further narrow the group down to a few that they
will interview.
New Business
Reference and Resource Library Agreement—HPL and ALS—McCormick
reviewed his memo to the board. Goldstein moved for approval of the
agreement. Bennett seconded and motion carried.
Trustee Essential 4: Effective Board Meetings and Trustee Participation—Carlson
said that it would be helpful if the board had a calendar of all the items
throughout the year that need to be reviewed. McCormick agreed to do that.
Carlson said that on May 14 John De Bacher from the State will be coming here
to present an orientation for library board members. Carlson asked the board
members if there were any items that could be included in the presentation.
Carlson requested that the board review chapters 14, 15, and 16 at the next
board meeting and that chapters 8 & 9 be reviewed as the next round of
budgets comes about. He asked if there were other areas from the table of
contents that need to be discussed. He said that if there were any other areas
to contact McCormick.
Adjournment
Goldstein moved to adjourn, Derby seconded and the motion carried. The
meeting was adjourned at 5:50 p.m.
Submitted,
Janet Morehart