Board of Trustees
Meeting of August 14, 2007

Call to Order: Meeting was called to order by Mr. Barton at 4:00 p.m.

Members present:
Ms. Holmes
Ms. Mickley
Ms. Berg
Ms. McGinnis
Mr. Schumacher
Mr. Hornick
Mr. Barton

Members absent: None

Staff present:
Mr. Michael Snyder, Director
Ms. Michele Monnette, Clerk-Treasurer

Additions or corrections to the agenda: None

Consent Agenda:
a) Approval of the July 24, 2007 Regular Board Meeting Minutes.
b) Approval of the July 28, 2007 Special Board Meeting Minutes.
c) No Continuing Education Report for July 2007.
d) Approval of the July 2007 Circulation Report.
e) Acceptance of $500.00 from the Friends of the Library toward the new library sign.
f) No additions or deletions from the furniture and equipment inventory.
g) Approval of revisions to the Board of Trustees Credit Card Policy as as recommended by the Library Audit Committee

R47-07 Ms. Holmes motioned to approve items a – g on the above consent agenda, seconded by Ms. Mickley, all voting yes.

Clerk-Treasurer:
Bills paid for July 2007 were reviewed and are on file with the Clerk- Treasurer.

Financial Report for July 2007 was reviewed and are on file with the Clerk-Treasurer.

R48-07 Mr. Schumacher motioned to approve the following account transfers within the General Fund, seconded by ms. Berg, all voting yes.

1)$844.26.00 from Taxes Account to the Contingency Account.
2)$500.00 from Unemployment Account to the Contingency Account.

Old Business:
a) Planning session with Jon Iten in Columbus.
b) Staff Personnel Manual

R49-07 Ms. Holmes motioned to accept the revisions to the Staff Personnel Manual as submitted by the Personnel Committee, seconded by Mr. Hornick, all voting yes.

New Business:
a) The Property Committee will arrange future meetings with Louisville Public Schools concerning future options pertaining to the current library facility.

Committee Reports:
a) Personnel Committee – Ms. Holmes reported the revisions to the Personnel Manual.
b) Property Committee – Mr. Schumacher reported the committee is still waiting on word from Mark Sigler concerning putting up the new sign. He also reported there have been no roof leaks after any storm this summer.
c) Finance Committee – Ms. Berg reported that Michele Monnette researching cooperation agreements with other organizations.
d) Finance Committee/Fundraising Subcommittee – Ms. Berg reported the meeting with Mr. Bishop concerning capital campaigns and supplemental funding.

Director’s Report:
a) Remaining dates of the Board of Trustees meeting for 2007 as listed.
b) Board of Trustee Additional meetings – The Finance Committee will meet on September 25, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. to review year-end accounts.
c)September 10th – “Thursday Evening Book Club” featuring “Founding Brothers” by Joseph Ellis and September 15th “Library Auction” conducted by George Kiko.

Adjournment:

R50-07 Motion by Ms. McGinnis to adjourn meeting at 5:15 p.m., Mr. Schumacher seconded the motion and all voting yes.

Respectfully Submitted,

Mr. Barton, President
Louisville Library Board of Trustees

Mr. Hornick, Secretary
Louisville Library Board of Trustees