Carbondale Reporter

The Carbondale Public Library Board of Trustees met Aug. 10. to approve bills payable.

Here are the meeting's minutes, as provided by the board:

Carbondale Public Library Board of Trustees

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 Meeting Room

4:30 p.m. 405 West Main St.

MINUTES

Call to order.

Called to order at 4:32 p.m.

Roll call.

Introductions, audience and visitors. Visitors are asked to introduce themselves at this time and present any

issues they wish to discuss. Visitors wishing to address specific agenda items will be granted two to five

minutes at the discretion of the President, not to exceed a total of twenty minutes. The Library Board may

cut short any comments that are irrelevant, repetitious, or disruptive. (Id. at 1425-26).

Present.

Barbara Levine, Vice President (1)

Julian Pei (1)

Roland Person (1)

Harriet Simon

Sharifa Stewart (1)

Susan Tulis

Absent.

Philip Brown, President (1)

Joyce Hayes, Secretary (2)

Don Prosser, Treasurer (3)

The number following the Trustee’s name indicates the number of absences this fiscal year.

Staff present.

Diana Brawley Sussman, Library Director

Gwen Hall Grosshenrich, Finance Manager

Visitors present.

None.

President’s report.

None.

Secretary’s report.

1. Approval of the July 13, 2016 minutes. Minutes: add word “in” Susan Tulis motioned to approve

minutes with the correction of one typo. Roland Person seconded. MOTION passed unanimously.

Correspondence and communications.

None.

Financial report.

1. Approval of bills payable up to and including bills due August 16, 2016 to September 15, 2016. Gwen

Hall Grosshenrich reported that there are mostly standard bills this month. We added a subscription to

PrinterOn so that patrons can print from their own laptops and devices. Roland Person moved to pay the

bills. Susan Tulis seconded. MOTION passed unanimously.

2. Acceptance of the financial report for July 2016. Harriet Simon moved to accept the financial report.

Julian Pei seconded. MOTION passed unanimously.

Librarian’s report.

1. Building and grounds maintenance and construction.

a. Decisions about plans and estimated probable costs on south wall of the Brush building.

Architect Harlan Bohnsack presented 3 options for the south wall of the Brush building: Encapsulate the

wall (not recommended); replace the wall w/ metal siding and windows; replace the wall with EIFS and

windows. Other considerations: Laminated safety glass is recommended, but more expensive; could put the

windows higher to reduce the likelihood of vandalism; could reduce the number of windows to reduce cost.

The board liked the idea of putting the sills up at 5 or 6 feet, with the windows themselves 3 feet high and 4

feet wide. As an example, 4 windows instead of 8 would reduce the cost by about $7,500. Harlan stated that

he would like to get the bid documents done next week.

Roland Person moved to adopt option 2 (metal panels) with 4-5 aluminum storefront windows highly

placed. Diana Sussman and Harlan Bohnsack will make decisions about siding colors and window

placement. Harriet Simon seconded. This brings the estimated cost to $85,000-$90,000 plus architectural

fees. MOTION passed unanimously.

b. Discussed the scheduled masonry repairs to be performed on the capstones.

2. Insurance. Tabled.

3. Discussion about the library’s role in finding solutions to violence in the community. Tabled.

4. Other. None.

Committee reports.

None.

Unfinished business.

None.

New business.

1. Review and revise Electronic Information Network policy, including Internet Access and Internet Safety

to ensure current and accurate language. Roland Person moved that we adopt and file the revised Internet

policy with discussed revisions. Sharifa Stewart seconded. MOTION PASSED unanimously.

2. Reaffirmation of ongoing CIPA compliance: Roland Person made a motion that the library board certifies

that the Carbondale Public Library is CIPA compliant and has maintained CIPA compliance since the

federal adoption of the Children’s Internet Protection Act. Julian Pei seconded. MOTION passed

unanimously.

Other.

None.

Adjournment.

Adjourned at 5:52pm

Next Board Meetings for 2016 (all in Public Library meeting room, 4:30 p.m., second Wednesday of each

month): September 14; October 12; November 9; December 14.

Respectfully submitted:

Joyce Hayes, Secretary

Prepared by: Diana Brawley Sussman, Library Director