Kankakee Times

Bradley Public Library District Board of Trustees met May 15.

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, May 15, 2019.

Present: Trustees Bayer, Benoit, Rodgers, Grace, Hendrickson, Richardson, and Fisher(late) Absent: None

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

Newly elected trustees were sworn in by Trustee Benoit

Moved by Trustee Benoit, seconded by Trustee Rodgers, to elect Trustee Bayer to the position of president for a two year term. With no other nominees or candidates, she was declared elected. Newly re-elected President Bayer thereafter presided over the meeting.

Moved by Trustee Bayer, seconded by Trustee Grace, to elect Trustee Rodgers to the position of vice president for a two year term. With no other nominees or candidates, she was declared elected.

Moved by Trustee Rodgers, seconded by Trustee Richardson, to elect Trustee Benoit to the position of secretary for a two year term. With no other nominees or candidates, she was declared elected.

Moved by Trustee Bayer, seconded by Trustee Grace, to elect Trustee Hendrickson to the position of treasurer for a two year term. With no other nominees or candidates, she was declared elected.

Standing Committee assignments are as follows:

Legal – Trustee Benoit and Trustee Rodgers

Buildings & Grounds – Trustee Richardson and Trustee Fisher Personnel & Salary – Trustee Hendrickson and Trustee Fisher Budget/Finance – Trustee Grace and Trustee Richardson

President Bayer will be on all committees

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Moved by Trustee Rodgers, seconded by Trustee Grace, that 

MINUTES OF THE OF REGULAR MEETING OF 04/17/2019 BE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED

Motion carried by unanimous vote

PUBLIC COMMENT - None

TREASURER’S REPORT

Moved by Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Grace, that

TREASURER’S REPORT FOR APRIL BE ACCEPTED AS SUBMITTED

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

VENDOR PAYMENTS

Moved by Trustee Richardson, seconded by Trustee Rodgers that:

BILLS TOTALLING $61,302.23 ALLOWED AND PAID FOR APRIL

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

DIRECTOR’S REPORT - [copy attached hereto]

39 new readers were registered and 7,406 items were issued in April.

Receipts: $690.99: fines on overdue books; $371.00: fax; $695.75: copies; $30.99: lost/damaged; 150.00: fee cards; $60.00: donation; $20.50 other.

Expenses: $70.41

Moved by Trustee Hendrickson, seconded by Trustee Rodgers that

THE LIBRARY DIRECTOR’S REPORT FOR APRIL BE ACCEPTED

Motion carried by unanimous vote

Director DePatis stated the following:

Miscellaneous:

Betty Chapman left on May 11th and Allison Orvis is the new Youth Services Coordinator.

My Media Mall will be changing its name to Digital Library on June 1st. The Electronic Content Consortium will be taking over the administration of the consortium from Libraries First. Overdrive will still be the content and platform vendor.

Job inventory forms from HR Source was distributed to the library staff for help with redoing job descriptions.

HR Source has been renewed for 2019-2020.

PrairieCat is adding 8 new libraries at the end of May from Cherry Valley area.

Yearly expired patrons purge has been completed. Deleted 504 cards. The total of library cards is now 4,883.

Continuing Education:

Director DePatis attended 2 webinars one titled “Opiates in Your Library” and the other “Top Employment Laws Issues” from HR Source.

Opiate and Naloxone training provided by the Kankakee County Health Department was held at the Bradley Public Library.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Friends of the Library:

Met on May 8th at 6:30 PM. The Friends of the Library’s income from the Book Sale was $1,012.95. The Friends of the Library’s new balance is $3,057.34. Next meeting will be held August.

Legal Committee:

Legal Committee met at 5:00 on May 15th. Reviewed alcohol policy for library districts and inventory of fixed assets was discussed. There will be no meeting in June.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

Trustee Bayer summarized the Trustee Fact File – Chapter 11 – Appendices.

NEW BUSINESS:

Moved by Trustee Hendrickson, seconded by Trustee Rodgers to set the non-resident fee card for the fiscal year 2019-2020 at $155.00 effective June 1, 2019

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

The Budget Committee meeting will be held on July 11th at 5:45PM. 

The Personnel Committee meeting will be held on June 19th at 5:00PM, 

Newly elected Trustee Fisher was sworn in by Trustee Benoit Communication: None

Trustee Hendrickson moved for adjournment at 6:41P.M.

http://www.bradleylibrary.org/sites/bradleylibrary.org/files/Minutes%20May%2015%202019.pdf