Louisville Public Library
Board of Trustees
Meeting of September 11, 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 August 14, 2007 Regular Board Meeting Minutes.
b)Approval of the Continuing Education Report for August 2007. “Serving our Teens” Workshop attended by Janet Metzger and Mike Snyder on August 16th at the Stark County District Library.
c)Approval of the August 2007 Circulation Report. Circulation increased by 6% compared to this time last year.
d)No gifts, honoraria, reimbursements or claims were received this month.
e)Approval of the following deletions from the furniture and equipment inventory: Foyer bulletin board #453, Office chairs #458 and #459; Statuary (Mark Twain characters) #378, #379 and #380.

R51-07 Ms. Berg motioned to approve items a – e on the above consent agenda, seconded by Mr. Schumacher, all voting yes.

Clerk-Treasurer:
a) Bills paid for August 2007 were reviewed and are on file with the Clerk- Treasurer.
b) Financial Report for August 2007 was reviewed and is on file with the Clerk- Treasurer.
c) Stark County Cooperative Program

R52-07 Mr. Hornick motioned to complete an application to join the Stark County Education’s Cooperative Program in order to save on services and products, Mr. Schumacher seconded the motion, and all voting yes.

Old Business: a) Customer Service Survey was reviewed and is on file with the Director.

New Business:
a) There will be a Board vacancy on January 1, 2008. An application has been has been received by Gregory Anderson and will be reviewed by the Board at their next meeting. The deadline to submit a letter of interest is September 30th.
b)The Open Records Law will take effect on September 29, 2007. The Clerk- Treasurer will attend a mandatory class on the new law. New policies and procedures will be adopted if necessary to comply with the new law.

Committee Reports:
a) Personnel Committee – The Committee has scheduled a meeting on October 30th at 8:00 a.m.
b) Property Committee – Mr. Schumacher reported the banister needs to be fixed to avoid any accidents. Jamie Callan will give a quote to fix it. They will also hold a work session concerning the Old Middle School.
c)Finance Committee – The Committee has scheduled a meeting on September 25th to review budget status.
d) Fundraising Subcommittee – None

Director’s Report:
a) Remaining dates of the Board of Trustees meeting for 2007 are October 16, November 13 and December 11, 2007.
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)“Library Auction will be September 15th.

Adjournment:

R50-07 Motion by Ms. Holmes to adjourn meeting at 5:15 p.m., Mr. Hornick 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