Farnsworth Public Library
Board of Trustees Meeting February 22, 2011
President Lacourciere called the meeting to order at 7:03 P.M.
1. Roll Call: Present: Lacourciere, Maas, Bucheger, Guse, Gilbert, Schroeder, Honish and Dir. Murphy Absent: Gering, Peterson
2. January 25, 2011 minutes were amended then approved M/S/C Maas, Guse The amendment to the minutes was to change the status of Honish from absent due to the fact she was not yet an official member on January 25th.
3. Director’s Report & Updates
a. Bills dated 2/1/11 in the amount of $354.47 and dated 2/15/11 in the amount of $2,854.77 were approved. M/S/C Honish, Bucheger
4. Committee Reports
a. Administrative & Personnel – no report
b. Building & Grounds – no report
c. Finance – no report –waiting on budget report / cuts from state
5. Correspondence – Director Murphy received an e-mail request from the Oconto Falls Public Library regarding the purchasing of microfiche copies of the Oconto Falls Herald and the Gillett Times. Dir. Murphy stated copies of all old newspapers can be obtained from the Wisconsin State Historical Society. She also explained how much our copies are used and what the value would be in dollars to copy each reel.
After discussion by the Board Members, it was agreed at this time not to sell the microfiche copies, but to offer the Oconto Falls Library an opportunity to copy each reel for a security deposit of $100.00. M/S/C Guse, Bucheger 6 for & 1 opposed
6. Old Business
a. Lock Box for compliance with new city ordinance – Maas will notify the City Council to put this item on the agenda for the next meeting so installation can proceed.
7. New Business
a. The Wisconsin Dept. of Public Insturction’s Public Library Annual Report for 2010 was presented and accepted by the Board. M/S/C Maas, Gilbert
8. Adjournment M/S/C Guse, Gilbert at 7:35 P.M.
Respectfully Submitted,
Debra Schroeder, substitute secretary