PALOS HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MINUTES
AMENDED  NOVEMBER 8, 2007


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

Minutes:
Trustee Lawler moved to have the minutes of the meeting of October 11, 2007, corrected. Under the President’s Report, a typo is to be changed from “had” to “hard” and under the City Council Liaison Report, a date is to be corrected from October 19th to October 29th. Trustee Barista moved, Trustee Stanciak seconded the motion to approve the amended minutes of Oct. 11, 2007. On a voice vote, the motion carried unanimously.

Treasurer’s Report:
Trustee Eden moved, Trustee Meyer seconded a motion to approve the remainder of October bills in the amount of $47,508.97, bringing the month’s bills to a total of $101,182.63. On a roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Trustee Barista moved and Trustee Stanciak seconded a motion to approve the November bills in the amount of $310,712.22 which include a bond payment. On a roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.

President’s Report: 
President Poore, Beverly Meyer, and Elaine Savage attended the breakfast held by Palos Bank.

Librarian’s Report:
Administrative Librarian Savage presented her written report.

Correspondence: 
The Board members received a thank you note from out-going President Barista acknowledging the gift presented to her at the meeting in October.

Budget & Finance: 
No report.

Policy:
Trustee Meyer, after meeting with policy committee, moved that the library accept the Library Records Confidentiality Act form. Trustee Barista seconded the motion. On a voice vote, the motion carried unanimously. The Internet policy and Patron Behavior policy suggestions from our lawyer will be reviewed by the policy committee.

Publicity:
No report.

Building and Grounds:  
No report.  

Personnel: 
No report.

Friends of the Library Liaison:            
President Poore stated that the next meeting to plan Christmastime in Palos will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 14th at 2:00 pm. This meeting will be followed by a Friends meeting at 3:00 pm.

City Council Liaison:    
President Poore announced that the next meeting to discuss the North Pointe PUD will be held on Thursday, Nov. 29th at 7:00 pm. The wards in the City of Palos Heights have been re-districted.

Local History: 
No report.

Old Business:
Trustee Stanciak suggested that we link our Mission Statement, Vision Statement and Long Range Plan to our web site. Trustee Stanciak moved, Trustee Eden seconded the motion. On a voice vote, the motion carried unanimously.

New Business:
Trustee Barista moved and Trustee Eden seconded the motion to approve the 2008 Levy and Appropriations. On a roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously. Trustee Barista moved and Trustee Stanciak seconded a motion to distribute Appreciation Awards to the library staff at the Christmas party on December 2, 2007. On a roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.
     
Executive Session:   
President Poore called for an executive session for personnel.  Trustee Meyer moved and Trustee Barista seconded the motion to go into Executive Session. On a voice vote, the motion carried unanimously. The Board went into executive session at 7:46 pm.  The Board returned to regular session at 8:08 pm.  Trustee Barista moved and Trustee Eden seconded a motion to revise the job description for the Head of Technical Services.  On a voice vote, the motion carried unanimously.  Trustee Eden moved and Trustee Meyer seconded a motion to establish a new full time youth services librarian.  On a roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.  The Board concurred that the Staff Recognition Policy needed revising and the President sent this matter to the Policy committee.  Trustee Meyer moved and Trustee Eden seconded a motion to have the Administrative Librarian buy an appropriate gift for an upcoming retirement from the Library. On a roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.

Adjournment:
Trustee Stanciak moved and Trustee Barista seconded the motion to adjourn.  On a voice vote, the motion carried unanimously.  The meeting adjourned at 8:11 pm.

Julie K Lawler
Secretary