July 11, 2022

BENTON PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
JULY 11, 2022

Members Present: Brian Crisp, Pat Hollada, Sue Wells, Kathy Storey, Debbie Clark

Absent: Sara Handlin, Stephanie Hart

Library Director: Susan Stickel

Meeting Called to Order: 5:33 pm by Sue Wells

Aproval of March Board Meeting Minutes

1st by Kathy Storey 2nd by Debbie Clark

Payment of Bills:

1st by Debbie Clark 2nd by Kathy Storey

Financial Report:

1st by Debbie Clark 2nd by Pat Hollada

Librarian’s Report:

The pirate ship is almost finished. Henry talked to us about the progress. Mr Hobbs is working on some things to finish it up, but these things aren’t done yet (rigging, wench, etc). Tags are being made to place on the ship to identify different parts to make it a learning experience for the kids.
Pirate Camp will be on July 26th. Kids will get access to the ship on this day.
We might have a naming contest for the ship for ages up to 8th grade.
The pavillion gutters have not been cleaned out yet, but the gutters on the library have.
There is a leak in the reading garden.
A date hasn’t been set for fixing the fence in the back that was hit.
25 people showed up for the Summer Reading date. The next one is Space Camp and it is scheduled for July 12th at 10:30.
The parking lot needs sealant on it. The back portion needs to be widened. The employee portion needs to be replaced. We got a bid on it, but it was around $33,000. The library has placed an ad in the Southern Illinoisan for possible bids on the project.

Old Business:

Personnel:

Susan got a bid on life insurance from the state for Kim Livesay. She was requesting single insurance. It came back as $1,234.00 a month/$14,808 a year. We discussed numbers and options on the topic.

A motion was made to provide yearly insurance for Kim Livesay.

1st: Pat Hollada 2nd: Sue Wells

All that were present voted yes on this matter.

New Business

Ordinance 102-22, the Annual Budget & Appropriations Ordinance was passed unanimously by a roll call vote onat the July 11th , 2022 Board of Trustees meeting.

Other

None

Public Comment:

None

Adjournment: 6:17 by Sue Wells

1st by Brian Crisp 2nd by Kathy Storey