March 14, 2022

Benton Public Library District
Board of Trustees Meeting
March 14, 2022

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

Absent: Stephanie Hart

Library Director: Susan Stickel

Meeting called to Order: 5:30 pm by Sue Wells

Approval of February Board Meeting Minutes

1st by Sara Handlin 2nd by Pat Hollada

Payment of Bills:

1st by Kathy Storey 2nd by Brian Crisp

Financial Report:

1st by Debbie Clark 2nd by Kathy Storey

Librarian’s Report:

Susan stated that we passed our fire alarm and safety inspection
The audit? What are ours plans going forward? We could do the full audit each year ($6,000) or maybe just have them do the basic annual financial report yearly for a cheaper cost. Susan is going to check with them about that price and get back with us.
Masks are now recommended and we have a sign on the door. The idea of stopping testing for non-vaccinated employees was brought up. We voted for not testing.
Pat provided Susan with information about a future archery tournament that would be held at Rend Lake. Susan typed up an informational sheet about our library to possibly attract people from the event.
Susan passed out a link to the board members about sexual harassment training.
We will be going back to both in-person and virtual programming for the library.
The book club will be returning to the third Thursday of every month.
Brian is going to contact Channel 3 News about the pirate ship when it is complete.
The Rend Lake Water Festival is coming up soon and the library will be having a float in the parade.

Personnel

A job description was created for the genealogy position and was handed out to the board.
The board discussed and decided on a wage of $14.00/hour for Pam. This would give her a salary of $23,520, including sick days, vacation, etc. This would start on April 1st. The possibility of a raise in June could go into efffect.

1st by Sara Handlin 2nd by Brian Crisp

All members present voted yes to this.