HomeMy WebLinkAboutLBMinutes_2011_11_08BROOKINGS PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
NOVEMBER 8, 2011
MINUTES
The Board of Trustees of the Brookings Public Library met Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at
5:30 p.m. in the Historical Room of the Brookings Public Library.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Mac Harris, Larry Rogers, Gloria Thvedt, and Tami Watson
OTHERS PRESENT: Elvita Landau, Cathy Enlow, Betsy Lenning, and Peg Whalen
Chair Larry Rogers called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Tami Watson moved to accept the
agenda with the addition of an executive session for personnel purposes. Gloria Thvedt seconded.
Motion approved.
Gloria Thvedt moved to approve the minutes of the October 11, 2011 meeting. Tami Watson
seconded. Motion carried.
STAFF REPORT – Betsy Lenning, Interlibrary Loan staff person, gave an overview of her job
duties.
BILLS AND SALARIES – The Board reviewed the November bills. Mac Harris moved to pay all
bills and salaries. Gloria Thvedt seconded. Motion approved.
FINANCIAL REPORT – Although a few line items will go over their budget lines, the Library
should not go over budget at the end of the year.
LIBRARIAN’S REPORT – Items of note are:
Circulation is down for the month and the library may not match the 2010 checkout of 300,000.
Family Science Night is becoming very popular with over 150 in attendance in October.
Katherine Eberline, Children’s Librarian, was one of 40 children’s librarians to be selected to
attend a Countdown to Curiosity and Launch of the Latest Mission to Mars workshop. This
comes with a stipend which should cover the expenses.
The Library is now an affiliate of the FamilySearch program.
The Scholastic Book Fair will be December 2-11.
REVIEW OF FINES AND FEES – the Board discussed the suggested changes in fines and fees at
the library. These include raising the Out of County fee to $32 for single and $42 for a family, raising the
overdue fine fee to $0.10 per day (videos will remain at $1.00 per day), and charging a fee of $10 per
meeting to for-profit organizations for use of our meeting rooms. Tami Watson moved to approve the
suggested changes effective 1/1/2012. Gloria Thvedt seconded. Motion carried.
CD RENEWAL – two CD’s will be coming up for renewal in November: the Fines Account CD at
First Bank and Trust for $10,000 and the Buchholz CD at Metabank for $33,500. Mac Harris moved to
renew the CDs at the best rate possible. Tami Watson seconded. Motion approved.
POLICY REVIEW – MATERIALS SELECTION – The Board reviewed the Materials Selection policy
for the Library. The suggested changes were mostly rewording of existing policies. Tami Watson moved
to accept the suggested changes to the policy. Mac Harris seconded. Motion carried.
NEXT MEETING – Tuesday, December 13 at 5:30 p.m.
Larry Rogers moved that the Board go into executive session for the purpose of personnel. Mac
Harris seconded. Motion approved.
Gloria Thvedt moved to exit executive session. Tami Watson seconded. Motion approved.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Elvita Landau, Director