Kankakee Times

Bradley Public Library District Board of Trustees met March 21.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

President Bayer called the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of Bradley Public Library District to order at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2018.

Present: Bayer, Fisher(late), Benoit, Grace, Richardson(late), Rodgers, and Hendrickson

Absent: None

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

Approval Of Minutes:

Moved by Trustee Grace, seconded by Trustee Rodgers, that

Minutes Of The Feb. 21, 2018 Meeting Session Be Approved As Submitted

Motion carried by unanimous vote

Approval Of Minutes:

Moved by Trustee Rodgers, seconded by Trustee Grace, that

Minutes Of The Feb. 21, 2018 Executive Meeting Session Be Approved As Submitted

Motion carried by unanimous vote

Public Comment - None

Treasurer’s Report:

Moved by Trustee Bayer, seconded by Trustee Rodgers, that

Treasurer’s Report For February Be Accepted As Submitted

Motion carried by roll call vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays and 2 absent

Vendor Payments:

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

Bills Totalling $24,977.93 Allowed And Paid For February

Motion carried by roll call vote of 7 ayes, 0 nays and 0 absent

Director’s Report - [copy attached hereto]

30 new readers were registered and 8,203 items were issued in February.

Receipts: $482.16 fines on overdue books - $359.00 – fax - $661.05 – copies – $140.00 – fee cards – $186.90 – lost/damaged - $130.00 – other.

Expenses: $63.86

Moved by Trustee Rodgers, seconded by Trustee Fisher that

The Library Director For February Accepted

Motion carried by unanimous vote

Director DePatis stated the following:

All of the old black meeting chairs have been sold.

The Kankakee Area Library Association One Book, One Community is scheduled for October 2018 with a Western them.

The reference has been weeded and reorganized. Some of the titles were added to the circulating collection.

Four staff members are currently going through the vetting process for IdentoGo,

Donna Jones submitted her resignation on March 17, 2018 which was also her last day of work.

Committee Reports:

Friends of the Library-

The Friends of the Library met on March 7, 2018. A craft show and book sale is scheduled for March 24th. The 2 tables requested by the library have been received. The Friends of the Library will be selling a savings pass for $10.00 with $5.00 of each sale remaining with the friends. Next scheduled meeting will be April 4, 2018 at 6:30PM.

Legal Committee-

The legal committee plans to have an updated employee handbook for the May meeting.

Unfinished Business:

Director DePatis told trustees that they should have received their economic interest statements through their library email addresses.

Trustees Bayer and Hendrickson transferred the working cash fund into CDARS as follows”

$25,000.00 – 1 month – 1.09401%

$40,587.76 – 52 week – 1.8316%

$40,587.77 – 2 year – 2.0733%

IdentoGo fingerprinting agreements have been signed. Director DePatis, Olivia, Marie and Betty have passed the phishing portion of the qualifying requirements.

New Business:

Commercial and liability insurance have been renewed.

Discussion was held on board approved procedures for an employee grievance which each trustee is required to follow.

A discussion was held on how best to keep employees informed of Director’s DePatis work schedule and whereabouts during the day.

Moved by Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Fisher to go into Executive Session at 7:15PM for the purpose of discussing a staff matter.

Motion carried by roll call vote of 7ayes, 0 nays and 0absent

President Bayer declared the Executive session to be concluded at 7:21 pm

Follow-up was discussed on a previous employee issue.

Communications: None

Trustee Rodgers moved for adjournment at 7:22 pm

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