SPOONER MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Board of Trustees Meeting
421 High Street, Spooner, WI
February 27, 2018

1. Meeting called to order

Meeting called to order at 5:00 p.m.

2. Roll Call

Bridget Rongner, Audrey Kevan, Angie Bodzislaw, Marlene Clay, Theresa Reiter, Carol Waltz, & Jocelyn Ford

3. Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes were reviewed from January meeting. Marlene made motion to approve, 2nd by Jocelyn. Motion carried.

4. Vouchers

Motion made by Audrey to approve February vouchers in the amount of $22,515.85, 2nd by Jocelyn. Motion carried

5. Public Comment

During public comment, Theresa shared an article from Municipality Today that spoke fondly of libraries, titled Libraries

Matter More than Ever.

6. Old Business

  • Director updated board on FLASH. FLASH is now happening at the Spooner Elementary School and has 9 total kids.

7. New Business

  • Director informed board that Tammy Hopke has resigned from the board. Jocelyn will inform County to seek out a new County representative.
  • Voting for new offices commenced. Motion made by Audrey for Audrey Kevan as Board President, Carol Waltz as Vice President, and Bridget Rongner as secretary. 2nd by Theresa. These offices will begin March 27, 2018 and end March 26, 2019.
  • Director & Board assessed how well we are doing on our current Long Range Plan (2016-2020). Overall, we are right on track for Collection Development goals, Technology goals, Outreach goals, Policies goals, Continuing Education goals. And Public Relation goals. Areas to focus on in the near future include: Getting a price quote for updated paint on the interior of the library, continue modernizing furniture as we need to replace it, find contacts for monitoring the crack in the kid’s area and the roof, utilize paid staff to clean out garden area (clean out hostas, shape pine tree, clean up picnic table), re-paint and tidy up black bench areas near entrance of library, and contact City about getting a new garbage can.
  • Director discussed possibility of going fine free on children’s materials at the library. Board gave Director permission to research the topic further.
  • Due to conflicts, the board voted on having March’s meeting a week earlier to make sure there is quorum. Motion by Audrey, 2nd by Carol. Motion carried. March meeting will be March 20th at 5:00 p.m. at the library.

8. Librarian’s Report

  • Director informed staff of program successes in February: 22 attended Family Un-Valentine’s Day Part, including some patrons who were not regular patrons. 84 students and 40 adults visited the library flashlight reading tent at the school’s Family Math and Reading Night. The adult Brownbag Lunch Book Discussion group had 8 attendees.
  • Director will be presenting about FLASH and the library partnership with the school during their DPI site visit, March 19th.

9. Upcoming Programs

  • 1st Monday @ 5:00-6:00 p.m. – Library Lego Club
  • 2nd Friday @ 10:00-10:30 a.m. – Sensory Friendly Story Time @ Lakeland Family Resource Center
  • Wednesdays @10:00-11:00 a.m. – Preschool Story Hour
  • Thursdays @ 6:00-6:45 Thursday Night Bedtime Stories, led by Julia
  • November 1st – May 1st – 2nd Annual Adult Reading Challenge (Understanding Our Place in the Universe)
  • 3/7 7 Brides for 7 Brothers Meet & Greet plus Movie @ 5:30 p.m.
  • 3/9 Teen Video Game Tournament @ 6 p.m.
  • 3/10 Library Puzzle Contest @ 9 a.m. - noon
  • 3/19 Mother-Daughter Book Club @ 6-8 p.m.
  • 3/20 Down to Earth Documentaries@ 6-8 p.m.
  • 3/22 Guest (Ava Gustafson) for Bedtime Stories @ 6-6:45 p.m.

10. Total expenditures for 2018 - $16,743.63. Total additional income for 2018 - $136,167.57

11. Next Meeting Date - ***NOTE DATE CHANGE***

March 20, 2018

12. Meeting Adjournment

Motion was made by Audrey to adjourn the meeting at 6:07 p.m., 2nd by Theresa. Motion carried.

Minutes respectfully submitted by Angie Bodzislaw.