Hamburg Township Library
10411 Merrill Rd.  PO Box 247
Hamburg, MI 48189
810.231.1771

March 19, 2024 @ 7:00pm

This regular meeting of the Hamburg Township Library Board of Trustees was called to order by Mary Evergreen at 7:00pm in the Patricia Waters Community Room.
Present: Matt Assenmacher, Mary Evergreen, Bridgette Rosek, Crystal Walter
Absent:  Jodie Colone, Richelle Hocking
Also Present: Holly Hentz, Christine Weber

Approval Of:

• Motion to approve Agenda as presented made by Rosek; Seconded by Assenmacher; Motion carried.
• Motion to approve the minutes from February 20, 2024 as presented made by Walter; Seconded by Assenmacher; Motion carried.

Call to the Public: None present.

Financial

• Motion to approve February 2024 Financial Report as presented made by Walter; Seconded by Rosek; Motion carried.
• Motion to approve Library Voucher #648 in the amount of $77,308.52 made by Evergreen; Seconded by Rosek; Motion carried.

Librarian’s Report

• In-house Statistics: 4,198 Patrons Served; 62 New Patrons; 5,706 Item Check-outs; 196 computer uses.
• Online Statistics: 2,388 Libby; 30 PressReader; 340 Zinio; 27 Fold3; 8 Heritage Quest; 10 TumbleBooks; 23 Niche Academy.
• Other News:  Beverly Myers concert drew 366 people.  200 Tiny Art Show canvases distributed.
• Upcoming Programs:

• Thursdays Drop-In Chess @ 4:00pm
• March Food for Thought Food Drive
• March Tiny Art Show canvas pick-up & drop-off
• 3/20     Tween Craft: Clothespin Flowers @ 6:00pm
• 3/26     Born of Hope & Indignation: The Michigan Female College (v) @ 6:30pm
• April     Tiny Art Show throughout the library
• 4/2       Drop-In Genealogy Assistance @ 1:00pm
• 4/3       Jackie’s Book Club: The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford @ 1:00pm
• 4/8       Adult Pick-Up Craft: Pressed Flower Votives
• 4/8       Great Decisions @ 1:30pm
• 4/16     Lego Club @ 3:00pm

Correspondence

• None.

Old Business

• Motion to approve $3,758.32 for RFID Upgrade as quoted made by Rosek; seconded by Assenmacher; Motion carried.
• Township insurance company approved $58,000 towards roof repair; Township handling RFP process.  Hentz will give updates as they happen.

New Business

• Library policy verbiage changes proposed regarding staff privileges and vacation time.  Motion to approve policy changes as presented made by Walter; seconded by Rosek; Motion carried.
• Motion to approve $13,035.73 to purchase new Konica Minolta copy machine and Jamex coin op as presented made by Assenmacher; seconded by Walter; Motion carried.
• Motion to approve $1,676.00 to purchase from and install by Pete Black Plumbing a new water fountain with bottle filler as presented made by Walter; seconded by Rosek; Motion carried.
• Proposed 2024-2025 Budget – Hentz presented the new budget; board discussed.  It will be up for approval at the April meeting. Contact Hentz or Weber with any follow-up questions. 

Friends Report - Debbie Kooperman

• Fundraisers
• February Gift Shop Sales = $210.25

• Book Sale is early April

• 4 Gardening Classes in April & May

• Kroger Qtrly Rewards = $79.43 from 29 families
• Library cooking Classes sponsored by Friends - 2 completed with good feedback and 2 more scheduled
• Social media update: FaceBook now has 300+ followers.  Instagram is now set-up.
• FRIENDSRaiser on 3/13 was a fun evening, Door Prizes were a hit and we got a new member!  Currently have 156 members with renewal program ramping up.
• Casey Hines has agreed to take the lead on grant submissions, and Judy Webber has agreed to be the Friends’ historian.

Relevant Board Issues

• Evergreen will not be present at the May meeting.

Motion to adjourn the meeting made by Walter; seconded by Rosek; Motion carried.  Meeting adjourned at 8:02 pm.

Next Meeting:  April 16, 2024 @ 7:00 pm