Library Board Approved Minutes - June 7, 2012

DeForest Area Public Library Regular Library Board Minutes
Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 6:05 p.m.

  1. Call to Order and Roll Call
    • President Van Iten called the meeting to order at 6:05 pm.
    • Present : Bales, Blount, Van Iten.
    • Absent & excused : Englesby, Gorres, Lawrence, Zeimet.
    • Also present : Berg, Newbegin.
  2. Approval of Agenda
    • Motion to Approve as presented : Blount.
    • Second : Bales.
    • Action : Approved.
  3. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes of May 3, 2012.
    • Motion to Approve as presented : Bales.
    • Second : Blount.
    • Discussion : None.
    • Action : Approved.
  4. Public Presentations / Communications
    • None.
  5. Approval of Bills
    • Motion to Approve the Bills as presented : Bales.
    • Second : Blount.
    • Discussion : Berg noted the bill from SCLS, the wireless access point and router bill from CenturyLink, elevator repair bill, HVAC repair bill, the automatic door repair bill. She also discussed the technology portion of the SCLS bill.
    • Action : Approved.
  6. Reports
    1. Director's - Berg reported on the Dane County libraries "Beyond the Page" campaign. She noted that evaluating Koha was discussed at the ILS meeting she attended on June 6th.
    2. President's - No report, but there was discussion and agreement on moving the July meeting date to Thursday, July 12th.
    3. Village Update - Blount noted budget talks have started, and gave brief updates on water meters, and Parks and Rec.
  7. Old Business
    1. Discussion of 5 Year Capital Plan - Berg noted that Steve Fahlgren will try meet with the Board committee about the plan. Berg reported she has spoken with Fahlgren and Green from the Village, and Rauwolf and Pertzborn from the School District regarding capital plans. Berg has presented different versions of the plan to the Library Board and explained how she arrived at the numbers. There was some discussion about the plan between Blount, Bales, Van Iten, and Berg. The Library Board would like to present the plan to the Village Board soon.
  8. New Business
    1. None.
  9. Future Agenda Items
    1. Review General Policies.
  10. Adjournment
    • Motion to Adjourn : Bales
    • Second : Blount
    • Action : Approved.

Meeting was adjourned at 7:06 pm

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