December 10, 2018
Benton Public Library District
Board of Trustees Meeting
Minutes
December 10, 2018
President Sue Wells called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm.
Members Present: Debbie Clark, Stephanie Hart, Doris Heaton, Pat Hollada, Kathy Storey, and, and PSue Wells.
Members Absent: Jake Seymour
Also present: Director Susan Stickel
Motion by Doris Heaton, seconded by Debbie Clark to approve the November meeting minutes passed. All were in favor.
Motion by Doris Heaton, seconded by Kathy Storey to approve the payment of bills passed. All were in favor.
Kim Livesay, bookkeeper, entered the meeting at 5:40. Motion by Doris Heaton, seconded by Stephanie Hart to move $10,000 from library materials contingency and $5,000 from administrative costs contingency to the buikding and maintenance fund passed. All were in favor.
Kim Livesay exited the meeting at 6:10.
Librarian’s Report:
Susan reported the Children’s Christmas with Santa Program was well attended.
The automatic door operators for the foyer will be installed on the 13th of December.
The November 2019 board meeting has been changed to Tuesday, November 12th due to the library’s observance of Veterans Day.
Report was given on banned patrons
The question of locking the genealogy room when unattended staff was brought to the attention of the director. The consensus was for the room to remain open and accessible to the public during regular business hours.
December donations report was given.
Old Business:
Susan has arranged a staff training in January. The topics are the following: “Incident Reporting/General Safety”, “Harassment & Discrimination”‘ & “Dealing with Difficult Patrons and Situations.”
Motion by Pat Hollada, seconded by Stephanie Hart to approve the $65.00 stipend for the art students to attend The Rembrandt Society Function passed. All were in favor.
Susan gave an update on the Reading Garden. A donation was received from the Dobrsynski family. The donation was designated for construction of a gazebo in memory of Arthur Dobrzynski.
New Business:
Motion by Debbie Clark, seconded by Kathy Storey to approve the employee appreciation gift cards being the same amount as last year passed.
After review of the closed session minutes, Doris Heaton motioned, Stephanie Hart seconded for the minutes to remain closed passed. All were in favor.
Motion by Doris Heaton, seconded by Stephanie Hart to approve the same holiday closings and inclement weather policy as was observed last year passed by a roll call vote. The following voted yea:Clark, Hart, Heaton. Those voting nay: Pat Hollada. Abstain: Sue Wells. Kathy Storey had exited the meeting earlier.
Susan discussed the Per Capita and Live & Learn Construction grants and their requirements.
There being no further business, Pat Hollada motioned, Sue Wells seconded to adjourn the meeting at 7:00 pm.
Susan Stickel
