Burlington Public Library Meeting Room

The Burlington Public Library Board of Trustees met on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 in the Burlington Public Library meeting room. Present were Penny Torhorst, Pat Hoffman, Kay Pockat, Ken Jaeger, Yvonne Braunschweig, Steve Rauch, Dianne Boyle, and Pat Hurley. Excused was Scott Johnson. Also present were Gayle Falk and Linda Berndt.

Torhorst called the meeting to order at 4:00.

Election of Officers and appointment of Committee members:

This year May is the annual reorganization meeting of the Burlington Public Library Board. Hoffman re-nominated the current slate of officers: President, Torhorst. Vice-president, Johnson. Secretary, Braunschweig. Jaeger seconded the nomination. Motion passed. Torhorst made committee assignments: Buildings and Grounds committee: Johnson (chair), Hurley, and Rauch. Personnel Committee: Hoffman (Chair), Braunschweig and Pockat. Finance Committee: Jaeger (Chair), Torhorst and Boyle.

Minutes of the April 24, 2007 meeting were approved. Jaeger moved, and Braunschweig seconded. Motion passed.

The May General Fund Bills, Prepaids, Reimbursements and April General Fund Deposits were approved. Braunschweig moved and Pockat seconded. Motion passed. The May Trust Fund Bills and the April Trust Fund Deposits were approved. Hoffman moved and Braunschweig seconded. Motion passed.

Personnel Report: Hoffman reported that the Personnel committee recommended changing the circulation supervisor position from part time to full time, with a pay adjustment. Much of the difference in cost for the position will be offset by funds already in the budget for part time substitute hours. The circulation supervisor will now be assigned to covering most of those hours.

Old Business:

Strategic Planning: Falk handed out two graphs on the Mill rate. She explained that our support has remained proportional to city mill rates. It was suggested that we start our Friends group. Additionally, we would form a group that could talk to the City Council and the community to raise awareness of the library’s financial condition. Board members Hoffman and Jaeger were suggested for this group. The Board agreed that we should form a Friends group and a core group to raise awareness of the library.

Falk reported to the Board that Torhorst’s daughter Tia has donated $25.00 in her mother’s honor. It will be used to purchase a magazine.

Falk handed out the results from the National Library Week surveys. We had many positive comments. Boyle received very nice compliments from her neighbor regarding our library.

New Business:

Hoffman moved and Braunschweig seconded the motion to accept alterations in the circulation supervisor position as presented to the Board. Motion passed.

Director’s Report:

CD renewal: We have an existing $10,000.00 CD with First Banking Center that will be maturing on May 27^th. A sheet of new rates was handed out. Jaeger recommended the 7 month special with First Banking Center with an annual yield of 5.20 if available when the CD matures. The Board has directed Falk to go with the best rate at the time of maturity.

Falk asked the Board for Friends money to be used for a program speaker for the adult summer library program. The Board agreed to give her $100.00 of Friends money to cover the speaker and brochures.

Hoffman commented that we do not have a way to determine the number of people who use our resources from home, and thus are not a part of our "walk-in" count.

BPL in the News:

We had a thank you from Sexual Assault Services for the use of our display case. We also received a thank you from one of our National Library week winners for the gift certificate.

There were also notices in the paper regarding our upcoming programs.

Meeting was adjourned at 4:55 PM. Braunschweig moved and Hurley seconded. Motion passed.

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, June 26^th at 4:00 PM at the Burlington Public Library.

Respectfully submitted,

Yvonne Braunschweig
Secretary