April, 2013
April 18, 2013 |
EAST ALTON PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES
CALL TO ORDER |
The regular meeting of the East Alton Public Library District board of Trustees was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by president Sally Hierman at the library. Those in attendance were C. Wiegand, J. Podesva, Beverly Werts, and Eileen Long. Also present was the Director, Richard Chartrand. Absent were Van Long and Larry Thatcher. 5 present, 2 absent. Quorum established. |
PUBLIC COMMENTS |
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES |
Motion: Podesva Second: Werts Approve the minutes of the March 21, 2013 board meeting. Roll call vote: Podesva, aye; Werts, aye; Wiegand, aye; Hierman, aye, E. Long, aye. 5 ayes, no nays, 2 absent. Motion carried. |
CORRESPONDENCE |
Letter from the offices of the Secretary of
State about the library |
FINANCE |
Motion: Werts Second: E.
Long Approve wage and
expenditures as presented for April 2013. Roll
call vote: Werts, aye; E. Long, aye; Wiegand, aye; Podesva, aye, Hierman,
aye. 5 ayes, no nays, 2 absent. Motion carried. |
DIRECTOR’S REPORT |
1. The Board reorganization will be at the May meeting. 2. The last day for taxes was Tuesday, April 9th. 3.
Notification
has been received from the State Library that we were awarded the Per Capita
grant for 2012. The amount is $12,516.78.
4. Kevin has been accepted to SIUE for the fall semester. 5. On April 8th a replacement tax check was distributed in the amount of $19,500.00. 6.
The roof is
shot. Andy is getting new estimates. We cannot 7. The change to Polaris ® from Millennium ® occurred on April 8th. We are coping with the bugs. 8. Tanna has been making changes to the website to access Polaris from the web. She is doing a great job. 9. Karla and Natalie are still shifting in the fiction. 10. I would like to thank all of the staff members for their patience, hard work, and willingness to learn this new software. 11. Youth Services: Family movie night featured the new
release |
OLD BUSINESS |
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NEW BUSINESS |
ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7:17 pm.