1. 1. Call Meeting to Order President Courtney called the meeting to order at 6:34 P.M.
2. 2. Roll Call Courtney, Tammy, Mary, Julie, Director Sheryl Walker
3. 3. Approval of Agenda Julie moved the agenda be approved; Tammy seconded the motion. The motion carried.
4. 4. Approve Minutes of Last Meeting Courtney moved the minutes be approved; Tammy seconded the motion. The motion carried.
5. 5. Treasurer’s Report As of the end of February, the checking account balance was $11,045.82. In March $5000.00 was moved to CD’s and savings so the balance will drop drastically with the March report. Courtney moved to approve payment of the current bills; Mary seconded the motion. The motion carried.
6. 6. Librarians Report March Stats- City-56; Rural-35; Open Access-88. SILO Loans Sent-41; SILO Loans Received-4. Reimbursement for books sent out on SILO loans is approximately $.85 per loan, and Open Access is approximately $1.25 per check-out. The Easter Egg Hunt went well with 22 kids participating. Summer Reading shirts are ordered and will be here by the end of May. The City Council has agreed to the library again paying its own bills. We are waiting to hear back from the city about putting a storage building on the west side of the building to store library materials for holidays and summer reading. The two CD’s have been purchased; the interest earned on the first was $82.63. The new interest rate is almost one point lower so there will be less interest earned next year.
7. 7. Board Training A policy regarding unattended children in the library was presented. It is a policy provided by the Newton Public Library. The Board discussed the pros and cons of the policy as written as there were parts of it that weren’t applicable to a small library like ours. Mary moved to table the discussion until next month so there is more time for further thought; Courtney seconded the motion. The motion carried.
8. 8. New Business Mary made a motion to remove Tammy’s name from the bank account and to add Courtney; Julie seconded the motion. The motion carried. Julie moved that either Sheryl or Courtney be allowed to pay all bills; Mary seconded the motion. The motion carried. Courtney made a motion that we start looking for a storage shed as soon as the information from the city is received; Mary seconded the motion. The motion carried. Tammy made a suggestion about moving the meeting time up to 6:00 instead of 6:30. We’ll discuss it at the next meeting.
9. 9. Next Meeting Tuesday, May 19, at 6:30 P.M. at the library.
10. 10. Adjourn Tammy made a motion the meeting be adjourned; Courtney seconded it. The motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 7:25.