MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NEPTUNE
DECEMBER 8, 2004
Jill Osis called the meeting to order.
The following members were in attendance.
Jill Osis – Peggy
Auerbacher – Joe Krimko – Angela Ricciuti –
Teretha Jones Luke Tirrell – Kathy Golub
Motion to approve the minutes of the November 10th meeting was made by Teretha Jones and seconded by Joe Krimko. Motion passed.
Jill Osis presented Peggy Auerbacher with a plaque and thanked her personally and on behalf of the Library Board for her service to the library and the Board. Peggy has been an invaluable member to the Board and with all the changes that have occurred, none of it would have been possible without her help. She has put in countless hours of work and she will be missed.
Luke Tirrell gave the results of the search committees effort in the search for a new library director. Five candidates were interviewed out of a national search that included fifteen applicants. The committee’s choice, unanimously, was Marian Bauman.
Resolution R13-04 was read by Jill Osis offering the position of Library Director to Marian Bauman. Motion to accept the resolution, effective Jan. 1st, 2005 was made by Joe Krimko and seconded by Teretha Jones. Motion passed. Marian Bauman accepted the position.
Resolution R14-04, thanking and discharging the search committee members of their duties was read. Motion to accept the resolution was made by Kathy Golub and seconded by Peggy Auerbacher. Motion passed.
The financial report was read by Kathy Golub.
A brief discussion was held on the proposed trustee budget for 2005 which was presented to the Board for review. Motion was made by Joe Krimko to accept the trustee budget as amended, seconded by Teretha Jones. Motion passed. Teretha Jones made the motion to transfer $9100, the first of four payments to the library account for 2005. Seconded by Joe Krimko. Motion passed.
The money collected from video and dvd rentals the week of December 6th will be used for the Food for Fine program along with the money from fines for the week.
Marian stated that we need to spend State Aid money to purchase a new server. The present one was purchased in 1995, has died three times this year and cost from $1000 - $1200 each time to rebuild. Motion to authorize purchase of new server and software at the cost of $10,566 was made by Kathy Golub and seconded by Joe Krimko. Motion passed.
Public Library Association conference will be held in Chicago March 7-9, 2005. State Aid funding will be used for Marian to attend.
NJLA will be having a Funding Fair on Jan. 28th, 2005 at Roselle Catholic High School. The Board stated that they will pay the registration fee of $52.50 for two Board members and two Library Friends members to attend.
Motion to accept the treasurer’s report and pay the bills was made by Teretha Jones and seconded by Angela Ricciuti. Motion passed.
The reorganization meeting has been scheduled for January 12th at 4:30. A discussion was held on what date to have the welcome reception for the new director. An allotment of $1000 (minimum) was agreed upon to spend on the reception.
Discussion was held on the amnesty. The Board has decided to use the TransWorld Systems for collections. Changes will have to be made to the wording of the computer generated notices to reflect this change. A motion was made by Teretha Jones to purchase 250 accounts at $10.95 per account with a $12.00 collection fee added per account from TransWorld Systems. Seconded by Joe Krimko. Motion passed.
Discussion on changing the Board bylaws was discussed and tabled for a decision.
The schedule for 2005 was reviewed. Christmas and New Years day will fall on Sundays, therefore the library will be closed on the following Mondays.
Giving blanket approval for early closings was tabled until a later meeting.
Jill Osis made the motion to enter into executive session.
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