June 12 Minutes
Hopkins District Library Board Meeting Minutes
June 12, 2012
Present: Suzanne Antvelink, Natalie Bazan, Karon Dunifin, Mimi Gabriel, Anita Kerber, David Klink, Chris Navis, Barbara Wrobleski
Absent:
1. Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM.
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Agenda
Approved
4. Approval of Minutes
Approved
5. Treasurer's Report
Reviewed report. Currently have spent about 42% of budget, while 50% through the year. Lawyer expenses have been highter than expected. Report approved as written.
6. Correspondence
None.
7. Public Comment
None.
8. Director's Report
- Programs
- Fiber group meeting 3rd Monday of the month, includes knitting, crocheting, felting.
- Book club meeting regularly.
- Coups for Troops (coupon clippers) meeting here.
- Game night 1st Monday of every month, putting this in summer reading program.
- Computer Refresher and Facebook overview last month.
- Etsy/Pintrest Overview and computer basics planned for June.
- LoC books are mostly out, only a few are still at cataloging.
- Secret project.
- Arts Alive - voting began June 1st, will continue until September 14. Votes are $1 each.
- Logo contest ended May 31, board voted on submessions.
- Summer Reading Club.
- Publicity
- Globe stories, GR Press, TV 13, included yarn bombing & millage.
- Up to 49 "likes" on Facebook.
- 20 members of the "friends" group.
- Just joined "four square".
- Interview on channel 13.
- Story in the Grand Rapids Press.
- Article in the Allegan County News.
- Millage lanugage finished and distributed.
- Meetings, workshops, etc.
- MeL database webinares.
- Attending Monterey and Watson township meetings in June.
- Building Issues
- Agreed to not hire consultant for requesting USF funds.
- Broken door and toilet.
- Need changing table for bathroom.
- Budget Issues
- None
- Library Closing
- Memorial Day weekend (Saturday and Monday)
- Volunteers
- 20+ people have signed up for the Friends of the Library group. Met june 2nd.
- Donations of books still arriving.
- Might have National Honor Society students haleping iwth Summer Reading Program.
- 4th of July events
- Lakeland, State, other library news
- none
- Patron comments and suggestions
- Summer reading club suggestions
- Other
- Cookbook finished and just awaiting new logo
- Still looking for more recipes for next year's cookbooks.
- Getting quotes for a building repair grant and new bike rack out front, paid for by DDA.
- Circulation stats continuing to rise.
- Plans for next year's secret project are in the works.
- Still working on the Book of Hopkins.
- Received $500 grant from Walmart.
9. Old Business
- None
10. New Business
- Approved adding a clause to the policy manual under hiring: "New staff (hired after the creation of the district library) will be subject to background checks as part of the hiring process."
- Allegan County Equalization Department required Millage Request from to be signed by Board President & Secretary.
- Discussed preformance evaluation to be given in October for Natalie.
11. Public Comment
- None
12. Meeting was adjourned at 8:20 PM.
Next meeting scheduled for Tuesday, July 10th at 7:00 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Dave Klink