Carbondale Public Library Board of Trustees met Jan. 10.
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
Joyce Hayes, Secretary
Don Prosser, Treasurer (2, plus 2 excused)
Julian Pei (1)
Roland Person (1)
Harriet Simon (2)
Susan Tulis (2)
Absent.
Barbara Levine, Vice President (3)
Sharifa Stewart (2)
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.
Four students.
President’s report.
1. Approve or deny request from board member to excuse absences. Harriet Simon made a motion to excuse Don Prosser’s June 14, 2017 and December 13, 2017 board meeting absences. Susan Tulis seconded.
MOTION passed unanimously.
Secretary’s report.
1. Approval of the December 13, 2017 minutes. Roland Person made a motion to accept the minutes. Susan Tulis seconded. MOTION passed unanimously.
Correspondence and communications.
Discussed property tax re-assessment requests. The consensus is that the board agrees with the city’s intervention, and if the Director is called to submit a document of support she is authorized to do so.
Financial report.
1. Approval of bills payable up to and including bills due January 16, 2018 to February 15, 2018. The Finance Manager reported that the librarians are purchasing more books prior to the end of the fiscal year.
The health insurance bill is estimated. Don Prosser made a motion to pay bills. Joyce Hayes seconded.
MOTION passed unanimously.
2. Acceptance of the financial report for December 2017. Discussed line item 250. Philip Brown moved to approve the financial report. Roland Person seconded. MOTION passed unanimously.
Librarian’s report.
1. Building and grounds maintenance and construction. We are going to wait until next year to submit a Live and Learn Construction Grant, as we can now do some of our upstairs renovation work in-house and we can get another year or more out of our existing roof.
2. Adopt Sexual Harassment Prohibition Policy. Don Prosser made a motion to approve the ordinance adopting the policy prohibiting sexual harassment. Susan Tulis seconded. Ayes: 7; Nays: 0; Absences 2.
MOTION passes.
3. Other. The Director is working with Effingham Public Library and ILA to organize the Illinois Library Association’s Southern Illinois Legislative Luncheon (February 23rd). The Director has moved from cochair to secretary for the Sparrow Coalition. The group is forming a new leadership team, which should increase its sustainability through a larger group leadership model. Nonviolent Carbondale is planning an 11
Days initiative for the fall of 2018.
Committee reports.
None.
Unfinished business.
None.
New business.
None.
Other.
None.
Adjournment.
Adjourned at 5:08 p.m.
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