Bradley Public Library District Board of Trustees met January 17.
Here is the minutes as provided by the board:
Present: Bayer, Fisher, Benoit, Grace and Hendrickson
Absent: Rodgers and Richardson
Also present: J. DePatis, Director and J. Ponton, Recording Secretary
Approval of Minutes
Moved by Trustee Hendrickson, seconded by Trustee Bayer, that
MINUTES OF THE NOV. 15, 2017 MEETING APPROVAL
SESSION BE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED OF MINUTES
Motion carried by unanimous vote
Public Comment - None
Treasurer’s Report
Moved by Trustee Grace, seconded by Trustee Benoit, that
TREASURER’S REPORT FOR NOVEMBER ACCEPT
BE ACCEPTED AS SUBMITTED TREASURER’S
REPORT
Motion carried by roll call vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays and 2 absent
Moved by Trustee Fisher, seconded by Trustee Bayer, that
TREASURER’S REPORT FOR DECEMBER ACCEPT
BE ACCEPTED AS SUBMITTED TREASURER’S
REPORT
Motion carried by roll call vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays and 2 absent
Vendor Payments
Moved by Trustee Bayer, seconded by Trustee Grace, that:
BILLS TOTALLING $26,213.36 BE PAYMENT
ALLOWED AND PAID FOR NOVEMBER OF BILLS
Motion carried by roll call vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays and 2 absent
Moved by Trustee Fisher, seconded by Trustee Benoit, that:
BILLS TOTALLING $16,332.68 BE PAYMENT
ALLOWED AND PAID FOR DECEMBER OF BILLS
Motion carried by roll call vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays and 2 absent
Director’s Report - [copy attached hereto]
35 new readers were registered and 7,564 items were issued in November.
Receipts: $563.52 fines on overdue books - $389.00 – fax - $583.00 – copies – $48.02 – lost/
damaged – $220.00 - program fees - $32.00 - donations - $31.75 – other.
Expenses: $59.53
Moved by Trustee Hendrickson, seconded by Trustee Fisher that
THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR’S REPORT LIBRARY DIRECTOR’S
FOR NOVEMBER ACCEPTED REPORT ACCEPT
Motion carried by unanimous vote
33 new readers were registered and 6,577 items were issued in December.
Receipts: $703.21 fines on overdue books - $356.00 – fax - $506.20 – copies – $94.50 – lost/
damaged – $20.00 - donations - $17.75 – other.
Expenses: $413.54
Moved by Trustee Hendrickson, seconded by Trustee Fisher that
THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR’S REPORT LIBRARY DIRECTOR’S
FOR DECEMBER ACCEPTED REPORT ACCEPT
Motion carried by unanimous vote
Director DePatis stated the following:
Continuing Ed:
Chris Temple completed a 4 week online class from University of Wisconsin I school
entitled: “Coding Together, Learning Together: Starting a Coding Club at Your Library” in
November.
Four employees, Betty Chapman, Olivia Koerner, Chris Temple, and Ranea Bruce
attended a Laconi workshop on November 16, 2017 on Teen Reader’s Advisory for Adult
Services Librarians.
Bradley Public Library hosted the youth and general KALA meetings on December 7,
2017. Director DePatis gave a talk on Community Demographics at the general meeting.
Bradley Public Library also hosted the youth KALA meeting on January 4, 2018.
Legal:
2018 meeting dates and fiscal year 2016-2017 audit availability notice was published
in the Daily Journal.
Annual Receipts/Disbursements Report for fiscal year 2016-2017 was filed with the
Kankakee County Clerk.
Annual Interlibrary Loan Report for fiscal year 2016-2017 was submitted to the Illinois
State Library.
Directors and Officers Liability Insurance renewal had no increase over 2017.
Grants:
Fiscal year 2018 per capita grant application and fiscal year 2016 per capita expenditures
report was filed and accepted by the Illinois State Library.
Building:
VCT tiles were cleaned and refinished Christmas weekend. Carpets were cleaned on
January 13-14.
Tagging incident on January 10, 2018 in men’s restroom. Bradley police came and a police
report was filed. Director DePatis will be talking to cleaners about repainting those areas.
Misc:
Completed inventory of children’s books including fiction, non-fiction, and picture
books, teen fiction, adult fiction, large print, and audio books. Videos and non-fiction still
need to be done.
Trustee Bayer finished weeding adult fiction and is now weeding adult non-fiction
Adult DVD’s are now being stored in locking hub cases. Blu-ray and series will still be
in the carousels. Children’s non-fiction DVD’s have been moved to locking cases and fiction
DVD’s will also be moved to locking cases.
Committee Reports
Friends of the Library:
The Friends of the Library met on December 6, 2017. Healthy Living series to resume
in January. A spring craft show and book sale is scheduled for March some time before Easter.
A blood drive is scheduled for December 27th from 2 to 6 PM. Next scheduled meeting will be
February 7, 2018 at 6:30PM.
Unfinished Business: None
New Business:
Trustee Benoit, secretary for the Bradley Public Library, has reviewed the closed meeting
minutes and states that the minutes should remain closed.
Director DePatis informed the trustees that their statement of economic interest should be in
their email shortly.
Moved by Trustee Grace, seconded by Trustee Fisher to
adopt the updated sexual harassment policy that was distributed to each trustee
Motion carried by unanimous vote
Moved by Trustee Grace, seconded by Trustee Hendrickson to
adopt Ordinance No. 18-1An Ordinance Adopting A Policy Prohibiting Sexual Harassment
Motion carried by roll call vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays and 2 absent
Moved by Trustee Fisher, seconded by Trustee Grace to
adopt Circulation of Materials: Lending Policy update
Motion carried by roll call vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays and 2 absent
Communications
A thank you note was received from the Bradley Public Library staff. The thank you note was
thanking the board for the holiday party dinner and for the bonus check that was given.
Trustee Hendrickson moved for adjournment at 6:43pm
Next Bradley Public Library District Board meeting will be held
Wednesday February 14, 2018 at 6:00 pm
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