MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NEPTUNE

AUGUST 12, 2009

CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

The meeting was called to order at 5:05 pm.  The following were in attendance:

Luke Tirrell – Mike Palermo – Claudia Mooij – Joe Krimko

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

A motion was made by Mike Palermo to accept the minutes of the July 8^th meeting.  Joe Krimko seconded.  Motion carried.

TREASURER’S REPORT

The report was read by Mike Palermo.  A discussion was held on the Sonic Firewall update quote submitted by Mike Yuschack. 

---Refund check to Lynn Antonov for $15.95

---Refund check to Elneta Fowler for $14.99

---Check to General Fund for $5523.07  (sonic firewall upgrade and bills 7-27 and 8-10)

Joe Krimko made the motion to accept the report and pay the bills.  Claudia Mooij seconded the motion.  Motion carried.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

There   were no reports for the month of July

OLD BUSINESS

Further discussion was held on the holidays for 2010. 

 The air conditioning coils are scheduled to be cleaned the week of August 17^th.  Computers may be down during this period.  The Tax  and Vital Statistics offices  are scheduled to be in their  new quarters on September 25,  after which,  our part will start. 

 Luke will be scheduling a meeting with the auditors, since he was informed that  we do not have  to accept the report that was given to us.  The meeting will include Marian, Deborah and the Budget Committee members:  Kevin and Claudia

NEW BUSINESS

The local Census Office sent a thank you letter  thanking  the  library for  cooperating and assisting in the preparation for  the 2010 census. 

Marian gave a report on National Night Out.  It was a wonderful night of reaching out to the community and the turn out was very good.  We will participate next year and will be better prepared with back to school items for the kids.

Resolution #R9-09: Granting Margaret Beatty an unpaid leave of absence until November 1, 2009, with the understanding that she is responsible for paying her health, dental and prescription benefits for the months of September and October 2009.  Motion to accept the resolution was made by Mike Palermo and seconded by Joe Krimko.  Motion carried.

A discussion was held on the gaming collection.  We are working on a gaming policy and setting up the borrowing procedure and rental fee.  John has presented a proposal on what games to purchase .   Motion was made by Mike Palermo to approve the expense of  $3500 as seed money to start the game collection of X-Box, Nintendo Wii and Playstation  games.  Joe Krimko seconded the motion.  Motion carried.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

Joe Krimko made the motion to close for executive session.  Mike Palermo seconded.  Motion carried.

The motion to close executive session was made by Joe Krimko and seconded by Mike Palermo.  Motion carried. 

ADJOURNMENT

Motion to adjourn was made by Mike Palermo and seconded by Claudia Mooij.  Motion carried.

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