City of Carbondale Library Board met March 8.
Here is the minutes provided by the Board:
Call to order.
Called to order at 4:30 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.
Philip Brown, President (2)
Barbara Levine, Vice President (3)
Joyce Hayes, Secretary (3)
Julian Pei (3)
Roland Person (2)
Sharifa Stewart (3)
Don Prosser, Treasurer (3)
Harriet Simon
Susan Tulis
Absent.
None.
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.
One student from CCHS
President’s report.
None.
Secretary’s report.
1. Approval of the February 8, 2017 minutes. Harriet Simon moved to accept the minutes with one correction. Joyce Hayes seconded. MOTION passed unanimously.
Correspondence and communications.
None.
Financial report.
1. Approval of bills payable up to and including bills due March 16, 2016 to April 15, 2017. Philip Brown moved to pay bills. Roland Person seconded. MOTION passed unanimously.
2. Acceptance of the financial report for February 2017. All but $5,000 have come in for property taxes.
Joyce Hayes moved to accept the financial report. Susan Tulis seconded. MOTION passed unanimously.
Librarian’s report.
1. Building and grounds maintenance and construction. Nothing new to report.
2. Review and approval of Security Cameras policy. This policy draft was adapted from Urbana Public Library’s policy. At the board’s suggestion, the Director will ask The Urbana Public Library if their policy was vetted by a lawyer. If not, she will ask Phil Lenzini how FOIA applies to video footage. Don Prosser made a motion to table this item. Susan Tulis seconded. MOTION passed unanimously.
3. Other. None.
Committee reports.
Unfinished business.
New business.
1. Patron conduct concerning 2/28/17 incident. After discussion the board decided by consensus that the ban remains in place for the time being until and unless there is further action from the board. If the young person wishes to appeal this decision with a letter of apology, the board will take that into consideration at a future board meeting.
Other.
None.
Adjournment.
Adjourned at 5:02 p.m.
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