Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Program Room 2B
Tom Bunger, Rita Lichtenberg, and Will Murphy.
President Fred Risinger called the meeting to order at 5:55 p.m.
The consent agenda (Minutes of March 24, 2010 Board Meeting; Monthly Bills for Payment; Monthly Financial Report; Board Calendar, and Personnel Report) was presented for approval.
Steve Moberly moved; Kari Isaacson seconded approval of the consent agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
Sara Laughlin presented the Director’s Report and the First Quarter 2010 Report.
Mickey Needham presented a main library renovation update. Second floor book collections are being shifted as flooring becomes available. VITAL and El Centro will be moving back to their second floor locations on May 1. The drive-up window lane has been asphalted but the window has not yet arrived. The new circulation office space will be usable in about a month. The carpeting in the fiction area has been slightly delayed due to a mix-up in order by the subcontractor.
Steve Moberly asked what the expected completion date will be. Mickey expects completion to be around the end of June.
Michael White presented the CATS contract with the City of Bloomington noting that it is the same as last year’s contract with the exception of the total amount to be received. The 2010 funding will be $354,495, paid in quarterly installments.
John Walsh moved; Steve Moberly seconded approval of the 2010 CATS Contract with the City of Bloomington in the amount of $354,495. Motion carried unanimously.
Michael White (CATS) and Will Murphy (WFHB) presented the CATS Memorandum of Understanding with WFHB for weekly news wrap-up programming and reported on accomplishments thus far. The weekly news wrap-up program has been on the air since late May 2009. In August 2009 a managing editor was hired for the program. Programming is evolving and has expanded to include some interviews.
Steve Moberly asked whether there have been any changes to the memorandum of understanding since first adopted in May of 2009. Michael White confirmed that there have been no changes, other than the dates. All provisions remain the same and the monetary contribution by MCPL is $10,000 for 2010.
Fred Risinger noted, for the viewing audience, that no tax dollars are used for this project.
John Walsh moved; Kari Isaacson seconded approval of the agreement between WHFB and Monroe County Public Library. Motion carried unanimously.
Sara Laughlin presented a resolution to adopt the Library Capital Projects Fund Plan for Years 2011-2013 as discussed at the public hearing preceding this board meeting. President Fred Risinger read into the record the resolution.
Steve Moberly moved; Kari Isaacson seconded approval of, and forwarding to the Monroe County Council, the 2011-2013 Library Capital Projects Fund Plan as presented. Motion carried unanimously.
Christine Friesel presented for approval a grant agreement between the Indiana State Library and Monroe County Public Library for the digitization of Monroe County photographs and documents relating to the Civil War and Reconstruction Era (1855-1875). The library is partnering with Monroe County Historical Society on this project. The $19,705 grant is for the project time period of May 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011. The work product will be uploaded to the Indiana Memory website.
Kari Isaacson asked what expenses are covered by this grant. Christine Friesel explained that the first Library Services and Technology Act Grant (LSTA), for digitization of items relating to the limestone industry in Monroe County, paid for equipment and contract staff for research and digitization. This grant will pay for research and digitization.
Steve Moberly moved; Kari Isaacson seconded approval of the 2010 LSTA Digitization Grant in the amount of $19,705. Motion carried unanimously.
None.
Meeting adjourned at 6:30 p.m.
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