Burlington Public Library Meeting Room

The Burlington Public Library Board of Trustees met on Thursday, March 27, 2007 in the Burlington Public Library meeting room. Present were Penny Torhorst, Ken Jaeger, Pat Hoffman, Yvonne Braunschweig, Pat Hoffman, Barb Beere, and Scott Johnson. Excused was Kay Pockat. Also present were Gayle Falk and Linda Berndt.

Torhorst called the meeting to order at 4:02.

The March 8, 2007 minutes were approved. Jaeger moved and Braunschweig seconded. Motion passed. The March General Fund Bills, Prepaids, Reimbursements were approved. Braunschweig moved and Jaeger seconded. Motion passed. The March Trust Fund Bills and the February Trust Fund Deposits were approved. Jaeger moved and Braunschweig seconded. Motion passed.

Committee Reports: There are no Committee Reports at this time.

Federated Library: There is nothing at this time.

Old Business:

Strategic Planning: Falk had several dates from Mr. Wilson. The Board decided on Tuesday, April 24^th. The Board meeting is scheduled for 4:00 and then we would have the Strategic Planning meeting from 5:00 – 7:30. The rest of the planning committee will be notified.

Ruhama Kordatzky Bahr gave a demonstration on MySpace. She recommended the she develop a webpage on MySpace for the Library. She would gear it mainly towards teens, and it would include programs and book clubs that are scheduled for that month. Bahr would monitor the site on a daily basis. Much discussion took place. This is a new technology that is very popular with the teen group. It would be a social network online which would be hosted on MySpace. ALA also has a webpage in the library category. Bahr explained that you can pick and choose your "friends", and check their sites before you acknowledge them as a "friend". Bahr will be watching for inappropriate postings or activity.

There are also links on how to be safe on MySpace. Bahr will proactively distribute safety sheets for parents and we would also have the police come and have a meeting or a class on how to be safe on MySpace. Jaeger moved to approve the MySpace page for the library with Bahr responsible for reviewing and monitoring the page. Braunschweig seconded. Motion passed. Bahr will bring the finished product to the Board at the next meeting. The Board will also be revisiting this at several intervals.

New Business:

Health Fair: The City is having another employee health fair to provide information on employee insurance and health screening. Falk would like $35.00 of Friends money to be used for a door prize. Hoffman moved and Braunschweig seconded. Motion passed.

Falk reported that we have contacted a company in Lake Geneva that picks up old computer parts. They came and picked up several screens, monitors and miscellaneous computer parts.

LSTA Senior Grant: We had our first program for Seniors in March. We will be offering programs once a month.

Falk said that we received a check for the Senior Grant money, including payment of the portable projector screen which is used at these programs.

Falk asked the Board for $60.00 of Friends money for National Library Week prizes. Hoffman moved and Jaeger seconded. Motion passed.

General Maintenance Schedule: Our new maintenance person is Brian Woods. He has done a lot of work so far, including painting ceiling tiles and refurbishing the book drops for placement.

Falk has an emergency government meeting on Wednesday with Connie Wilson. They will be doing a powerpoint presentation.

Shadow Day is also on Wednesday. Linda Berndt, Marietta Vogt and Nancy Cowan will have a junior high math student to shadow them for a few hours.

Falk said that at the next meeting she would like to discuss Demand Management. It works out that if our patron has a book on hold and we own the book, our patrons will get our book first before other patrons from other libraries. If our patrons have another library’s book on hold they will need to wait until all the other library’s patrons get the book.

The roof repair is waiting for dryer, warmer weather.

Falk is waiting for an estimate from DPW on our courtyard area in the front of the library. It would be to remove old bushes and a tree and then put in new stock.

Meeting was adjourned at 5:00 PM. Jaeger moved and Braunschweig seconded. Motion passed.

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, April 24^th at 4:00 PM at the Burlington Public Library.

Respectfully submitted,

Yvonne Braunschweig
Secretary