Burlington Public Library Meeting Room

The Burlington Public Library Board of Trustees met on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 in the Burlington Public Library meeting room. Present were Penny Torhorst, Scott Johnson, Dianne Boyle, Pat Hoffman, Yvonne Braunschweig, Steve Rauch, and Pat Hurley. Excused were Kay Pockat, and Ed Johnson. Also present were Gayle Falk, and Linda Berndt.

Torhorst called the meeting to order at 4:01.

Minutes of the November 27, 2007 meeting were approved. Braunschweig moved, and Hurley seconded. Motion passed.

The December General Fund Bills, Prepaids, Reimbursements and November General Fund Deposits were approved. Braunschweig moved approval and Boyle seconded. Motion passed. The December Trust Fund Bills and the November Trust Fund Deposits were approved. Braunschweig moved and Rauch seconded. Motion passed.

Committee Reports:

Personnel Committee:

Falk handed out the Director Evaluation letter that Hoffman gave her. The Board read and approved it and it will be forwarded on to the Mayor and the City Administrator.

Federated Library Report: There is no report at this time.

Old Business:

Strategic Planning: Falk asked the Board if we could use a portion of the grocery fund money for the costs of the Anniversary year expenses. The Board said that it would be a good starting amount. Gayle also mentioned that we were going to look into saving Campbell Soup labels.

Friends: We will be waiting until after the holidays and then we will be contacting the Friends people to set up a date to meet in January.

New Business:

January events include the Youth Book Club which meets at 4:00 on January 10^th. Library Legislative Day is on Tuesday, January 22^nd. The Board meeting is also that same day. Falk asked if the Board would like to reschedule the Board meeting so that she could go to Madison on that day. The meeting was rescheduled to Tuesday, January 29^th. January 25^th is the date set for Magazine weeding. The oldest magazines have to be removed from the collection. Falk asked if we could use the $100.00 left over from last year’s Staff Appreciation and use it to provide lunch on that day. The Board agreed. The Adult Book Club meets on Monday, January 28^th. Teen Book Club meets at 3:30 on January 29^th.

Employee Appreciation: Falk reported that the staff has not decided on what to use the money on. They will decide soon.

LSTA Grant: We have not heard any news on the decision yet.

Repair Projects: There has been no new roof estimates yet. This project will be continued in 2008.

Program Money for 2008: Falk requested that the Board again move $1,200.00 of Friends money to the program fund. It was asked if that was enough and Falk replied that the WalMart money is also sometimes used to help defray the cost of speakers. Hoffman moved and Braunschweig seconded the motion to move $1,200.00 of Friends money to the program fund for 2008 programs.

Director’s Report:

Monthly Report: Falk handed out a graph showing how the internet usage has gone up each year from 2002 through the present.

A patron donated 6 poinsettias to the library. They are beautiful.

There was a program with Mojo the dog on Saturday.

Family Storytime was great.

Elena attended the CCBC presentation. They go over the Best Books of the Year.

Carole is meeting with Headstart children and the day cares.

It was asked what the intentions were with the Children’s Librarian’s job. Falk said that she wanted to see how this worked before anything permanent was done.

BPL in the News: There were two articles advertising programs.

Public Communication to the Board: There was nothing at this time.

Meeting was adjourned at 4:40 PM. Bruanschweig moved to adjourn, Hurley seconded. Motion passed.

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 29^th at 4:00 PM at the Burlington Public Library.

Respectfully submitted,

Yvonne Braunschweig

Secretary