Kankakee Times

The Bradley Public Library District Board of Trustees met Aug. 24 to renew current employee health insurance plan.

Here are the meeting's minutes, as provided by the board:

August 24, 2016

President Bayer called the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Bradley Public

Library District to order at 6:02 p.m. Wednesday, August 24, 2016.

Present: Bayer, Grace, Benoit, Longtin, Rodgers, and Richardson

Absent: Hendrickson

Also present: J. DePatis, Director, and J. Ponton, Recording Secretary

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Moved by Trustee Rodgers, seconded by Trustee Benoit, that

MINUTES OF THE JULY 20, 2016 MEETING APPROVAL

SESSION BE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED OF MINUTES

Motion carried by unanimous vote

PUBLIC COMMENT - None

TREASURER’S REPORT

Moved by Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Longtin, that

TREASURER’S REPORT FOR JULY ACCEPT

BE ACCEPTED AS SUBMITTED TREASURER’S

REPORT

Motion carried by roll call vote of 6 ayes, 0 nays and 1 absent

PAYMENT OF BILLS

Moved by Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Grace, that:

BILLS TOTALLING $34,920.20 PAYMENT

BE ALLOWED AND PAID FOR JULY OF BILLS

Motion carried by roll call vote of 6 ayes, 0 nays and 1 absent

DIRECTOR’S REPORT - [copy attached hereto]

45 new readers were registered and 7,789 items were issued in July.

Receipts: $500.92 fines on overdue books - $460.00 – fax - $548.30 – copies – $129.00 -

lost/damage – $140.00 - fee cards - $75.00 – room rental - $21.50 – other.

Expenses: $182.33

Moved by Trustee Longtin, seconded by Trustee Benoit that

THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR’S REPORT LIBRARY DIRECTOR’S

FOR JULY ACCEPTED REPORT ACCEPTED

Motion carried; all in favor

August 24, 2016– page two

Director DePatis stated the following:

PrairieCat:

Director DePatis attended Delegates Assembly meeting on July 27th via the web.

Maintenance:

Carpet/tile cleaning will be done on August 26th evening thru August 28th by A Touch

Of Glass. Drassler room will be done the following week.

Fade to Black will seal and stripe the parking lot on the same weekend, weather permitting.

Personnel:

Hired 2 new pages, Colton Lucas and Rai Dominquez to replace pages leaving for college.

Both are BBCHS students and volunteered during the summer programs.

Chris Temple, a page and summer helper for 6 years, will be working as a part time circulation

clerk and doing a monthly boy’s book club while he finishes his teaching degree at a local

Junior High.

Continuing Ed:

Director DePatis attended 2 webinars on August 23rd

– Email Newsletters with Library Aware

and Beyond Orientation by the Management Association.

On August 5th, four staff attended a day long in-service training in Coal City on “3 Minutes To

Live” on active shooters and emergencies in the workplace/community.

Betty Chapman attended a NASCO workshop on August 5th on STEM in the classroom and

2 forthcoming book titles webinars and Art In Education webinar.

Miscellaneous:

Management Association membership renewed for fiscal year 2016-2017.

Director DePatis was appointed to another 3 year term on the Live & Learn Construction

Grant Review Committee - Reviewer for 2017 IEEE Stem grants.

No petitions were turned in for 2017-18 2% Building & Maintenance Ordinance.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

The Friends of the Library’s met on August 3, 2016 at 6:30PM. Summer reading raffles

brought in $199.00. Continuing with the Healthy Living series, the Friends of the Library

will be sponsoring 4 sessions of Gentle Yoga. Fall Book Sale is tentatively set for

October 27th thru October 29th. The Friends of the Library are once again sending unsold

books to Better World Books. The annual craft show will be held on November 12, 2016.

Their next meeting is on October 5th at 6:30PM.

Personnel Committee:

Director DePatis’ self-evaluation form was distributed to each trustee. Trustees were given

a director evaluation which is to be returned by September 7, 2016.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

Bradley National Night Out was held on August 2, 2016. Trustees and Library employees

provided the community with information about the library’s programs etc. and enjoyed an

evening of fun with each other and members of their community.

August 24, 2016– page three

Entered into a 5 year contract with Martin Whalen Office Solutions for a new copier with

a $1.00 buyout at the end of the contract period.

NEW BUSINESS

Moved by Trustee Bayer, seconded by Trustee Rodgers to

adopt Ordinance 16-03 Budget and Appropriation Ordinance of the Bradley Public Library

for the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year

Motion carried by roll call vote of 6 ayes, 0 nays and 1 absent

Moved by Trustee Rodgers, seconded by Trustee Longtin to

accept the renewal of the current BC/BS health insurance policy from the Gwen Hopkins

Group with a 11.90% increase.

Motion carried by roll call vote of 6 ayes, 0 nays and 1 absent

The treasurer’s bond has been renewed.

COMMUNICATIONS

A thank you letter was received from the County Clerk’s office, thanking the Bradley Public

Library for registering voters prior to Election Day.

Trustee Longtin moved for adjournment at 6:35PM

Next Bradley Public Library District Board meeting will be held

Wednesday September 21, 2016 at 6:00 PM

Madonna Benoit Judy Ponton

Secretary Recording Secretary