Hamburg Township Library

10411 Merrill Rd.    P.O.  Box 247

Hamburg, MI  48139

 

Hamburg Township Library Board of Trustees

February 17, 2004

 

Meeting called to order at 7:14pm in the library meeting room.

Members present: Eibler, Campbell, Ford, Gleason, Kelley and Pettigrove.

Absent: None.

Also present: Hentz and Weber.

 

 

A motion to approve the agenda as presented with the correction of Old Business # 5 (proposal) was made by Campbell, seconded by Gleason.  Motion carried.

 

A motion to accept the minutes as presented for the January 20, 2004 meeting was made Kelley, seconded by Ford.  Motion carried.

 

A motion to approve the January 2004 financial statement as presented was made by Pettigrove,  seconded by Gleason.  Motion carried.

 

A motion to accept Library Voucher #407 as presented for $38,202.04 was made by Campbell, seconded by Kelley. Motion carried.

 

Librarian’s Report

·        Hentz distributed the list of up-coming programs through April.

·        Excellent feedback received from individual program evaluations.

·        Board was made aware of the incident involving R. Swartz, a former employee.

·        Registration for programs/meeting rooms can now be done online.  There is now a visitor counter on the website.

·        Library furnishings have arrived.  Installation of the book drops in the circulation desk and sound-absorbing panels in the storage room will be this week.

 

Correspondence

·        None.

 

Old Business

·        Comments/suggestions for Library Survey were given.  Eibler will meet with Weber later in week for final draft.

·        A motion was made by Kelley, seconded by Campbell to accept Library Policy Manual additions and changes as presented.  Motion carried.

·         A motion was made by Pettigrove, seconded by Ford, that the Library Board of Trustees will accept and adhere to the Library’s Policy Manual.

·        Current newsletters were delivered to post office by Weber. Lakeland newsletters will be sent first class mail.

·        Hentz sent out RFPs to security companies.  Deadline is February 27, 2004.

·        A motion to accept Craig Bilinski of Intuitive Software Solutions proposal for website development (adding the library survey online) for $850.00 (10 hours labor) was made by Kelley, seconded by Ford.  Motion carried.

 

New Business

·        An RFP for interior painting has been submitted to local painters. Proposal deadline is February 27, 2004.

 

Relevant Board Issues

·        Both Pettigrove and Gleason will be absent for March 16, 2004 meeting.

 

Call to the Public: 

·        None present

 

A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Campbell, seconded by Gleason.  Motion carried.  The meeting adjourned at 8:00PM.

 

Next meeting will be March 16, 2004 at 7:00PM.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Joan M. Dombrowski