PALOS HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MINUTES
AMENDED
May 10, 2007


Call to Order:
President Beth Barista called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Library, 12501 S. 71st Avenue, Palos Heights, Illinois.  Present were Trustees: Pat Eden, Bill Poore, Beverly Meyer, Pat Muller, Julie Lawler and Frank Petrosino.  Trustee Diana Roscich arrived at 7:03.  Also present were Administrative Librarian Elaine Savage and Head of Technical Services Shirley Kanapackis. 

Welcome:
The Board welcomed new employee, custodian Jack Shimko.

Minutes:
Trustee Poore moved, Trustee Petrosino seconded, to approve the minutes of April 12, 2007.  On a voice vote, it carried unanimously.  

Treasurer’s Report:  
Trustee Petrosino moved, Trustee Meyer seconded to approve the remainder of April bills in the amount of $41,185.63 for a grand total of $58,895.21 for April. On a roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.  Trustee Petrosino moved, Trustee Poore seconded to approve the May bills of $113,234.88 which included a bond payment of $82,543.99.  On a roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.

President’s Report:  
President Barista reported on the art exhibition of Palos area school children conducted by Palos Fine Arts and hosted by our library. At the award reception, Trustee Barista gave an opening welcome and presented the George Palmer Award to the Palos Fine Arts group.

Librarian’s Report:
Administrative Librarian Savage presented her written report for the past month. Additional tables are on order.  Flower pots were secured and will be filled with flowers from the Woman’s Club flower sale.  Fred Schlipf brought his class for an architectural tour of our library. National Library Week was a success with our many guest librarians.  Grants and the filtering bill have also been main objectives this month.

Correspondence:  
A letter was received from Palos Fine Arts thanking the library for the Palmer award.

Annette Armstrong of the Green Hills PLD wrote the board in appreciation of Elaine Savage’s advice and aid in their building project.  Annette also thanked the library for allowing Green Hills access to our facilities during their reconstruction.
    
Budget & Finance:  
No report.
      
Publicity:
No report.

Building and Grounds:
Trustee Eden and Trustee Petrosino will do a building and grounds walk-though on Tuesday, May 15th at 8:00am.

Personnel:  
No report.
    
Friends of the Library Liaison:   
Trustee Poore reported that the Friends have decided to host an evening meeting on September 12th in response to a Friends suggestion for evening meetings. On June 6th and August 8th, the Friends will be greeters at the Farmer’s Market. Country House presented a check to the Friends for $947.80.  This is an increase of 7% over last year. Country House has agreed to offer us this opportunity again next year.

City Council Liaison:     
A recent city meeting was heavily attended by neighbors of Route 83 opposing the NorthPointe development.  Zoning changes will be discussed at a meeting on May 30th.

Local History:  
There was an ad featuring our history room in a recent history section of The Regional News.

Long Range Planning:      
To be discussed in new business.
    
Old Business:     
Library hours - The administrative librarian reminded the board that the personnel policy needs to be updated in terms of Sunday work hours.  Full-time staff schedules were discussed as well as other record-keeping details.  The policy committee will include these items in their revision.

Upgrade controls system - The administrative librarian presented the proposal from Amber Heating, which would use Applied Control from Warrensville.  Trustee Petrosino had some questions.  It was decided to set up a meeting with Amber and the building committee.  Trustee Lawler moved to approve the controls work up to $10,000 pending the building committee’s approval. Seconded by Trustee Eden.  On a roll call vote, the motion passed unanimously.

Internet legislation - Legislation regarding internet filters has passed the House and is now in the Senate. The administrative librarian was directed to send a copy of the Board’s resolution and a copy of the editorial from The Regional News to our local senators. Karen Hayes, a Palos Heights resident, emailed her concerns to the Library about filtering and the Board instructed the administrative librarian to respond to her.

New Business:
Long Range Plan 2007-2010 - Trustee Meyer moved to adopt the Long Range Plan as presented, Trustee Roscich seconded.  On voice vote, motion carried unanimously.  Final copies will be distributed at the June Board meeting.

Revised salary schedule reflecting new minimum wage - Trustee Lawler moved to adopt a new salary schedule reflecting the $7.50 minimum wage effective July 1 and create an Ad Hoc Salary Committee, Trustee Meyer seconded. This was sent to committee without a vote.  President Barista appointed Trustee Petrosino, Trustee Meyer, and Trustee Roscich to the new committee.

Audit - Trustee Petrosino moved to approve the Draft of the Audit, Trustee Poore seconded.  The motion carried unanimously on a voice vote.

Prevailing Wage Resolution - Trustee Poore moved, Trustee Lawler seconded to adopt the prevailing wage resolution for 2007.  On voice vote, it passed unanimously.

Non resident policy and fee - Trustee Poore moved, Trustee Roscich seconded a motion to adopt the non-resident card policy which sets the non-resident fee at $290 (amount arrived at through use of a state mandated formula).  The motion carried unanimously on a voice vote.

Adjournment:
Trustee Meyer moved, Trustee Lawler seconded to adjourn the meeting.  On a voice vote, the motion carried unanimously. President Barista adjourned the meeting at 8:47 pm.


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