HomeMy WebLinkAboutLBMinutes_2009_03_10BROOKINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MARCH 10, 2009
MINUTES
The Board of Trustees of the Brookings Public Library met Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 5:30 p.m.
in the Historical Room of the Brookings Public Library.
MEMBERS PRESENT: John Kubal, Larry Rogers, and Gloria Thvedt
OTHERS PRESENT: Elvita Landau, Cathy Enlow, and Peg Whalen
Since the Chair and Vice-Chair were absent, Board member John Kubal called the meeting to
order at 5:30 p.m. Two items on the agenda were postponed: #6 Children’s Museum Director Suzanne
Hegg was moved to the May meeting and #10 Board Education was moved to April. Larry Rogers moved
to approve the agenda as revised. Gloria Thvedt seconded. Motion carried.
Larry Rogers moved to accept the February 17, 2009 minutes as presented. Gloria Thvedt
seconded. Motion approved.
BILLS AND SALARIES – After reviewing the current bills, Larry Rogers moved to pay all bills and
salaries. Gloria Thvedt seconded the motion. Approved.
FINANCIAL REPORT - The Board reviewed the current Finance Report from City Hall. All line
items are within budget at the end of the first quarter. It appears we will go over in Equipment
Maintenance before the end of the year, since there have already been several repairs to the air
handling system.
LIBRARIAN’S REPORT – Items of note are:
• The hands-on science exhibit, Light and Color, will be in the Children’s Activity Room during
April. This exhibit is co-sponsored by the Brookings Optimists.
• The Director will attend the MPLA/KLA conference in Wichita, KS at the end of March. Elvita has
been elected vice-president/president elect of MPLA.
• John Kubal and Elvita have been asked to serve on the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Board
which provides educational classes for people over 50.
• Several students from a SDSU graphic arts class are working with us to design brochures and
flyers for the Library as part of a class assignment.
COFFEE SHOP PLANS – The bids for the Coffee Shop construction will be opened on March 17. The
City Council will approve the contract at the March 24th meeting. The Board discussed a phone line
connection for credit card payments at the Coffee Shop. The consensus of the Board was that the
Library would pay for adding the phone line and Ms. Mistry would maintain and pay the monthly fee.
Elvita will talk to her about this.
POLICY REVIEW – MEETING ROOM POLICY – There were no suggested policy changes to the current
Meeting Room Policy, except for a grammatical change to the first sentence. Elvita suggested adding an
ending time for meetings to the contract and deleting the slide projector from the equipment list. Glory
Thvedt moved to approve the Meeting Room Policy and Contract as suggested. Larry Rogers seconded.
Motion approved.
Elvita reported that she received an email from the Brookings Music Teachers wanting to know if
the Library could be a location for teaching free lessons to children who cannot afford them. This would
involve having a digital piano moved to either the conference room or one of the study rooms. Elvita
will find out more details and present them at the next Board meeting.
NEXT MEETING – Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at 5:30 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Elvita Landau, Director