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April 14, 1 982
Minutes of the regular meeti ng of the Board of Trustees of the Skokie
Public Library , held Wednescay , April 14 , 1 982 .
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was cal l ed to order at 7 : 45 p.m. by Mrs. Diana Hunter ,
President .
Members present:
Mrs. Diana Hunter, President ; Dr. John Wozniak,
Vice President ; Mrs . Shirley Merritt , Secretary ; Dr . Herman Bloch; Mr. Walter
Fli ntrup; Mrs . Eva Weiner; Mrs. Norma Zatz; and Miss Mary Ra9macher , Chief
Librarian .
APPROVAL OF THE MI NUTES OF THE MEETING OF MARCH 10, 1982
Dr. Wozniak made a motion, seconded by Mr. F lintrup , to approve the
minutes of the March 10, 1982 meeting as written.
The motion passed unanimous ly .
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS & BILLS
Mrs. Zatz made the f o llowin g motion, seconded by Dr . Wozniak:
MOTION :
That the financial statement s for the General
Oper ating Fund , the Reserve Fund for the Purchase
of Sites & Buildings , and the Report on the Fine
Arts Acquisiti on Fund be accepted, and t hat the
lists of bills from the General Operating Fund in
the amounts of $43 , 306.74 and $24 , 261.89, and the
list of bills from the Reserve Fund for the
Purchase of Sites & Buildings in the a mount of
$2,417.57 , be approved for payment sub j ect to audit.
The motion passed unanimou sly.
CIRCULATION REPORTS & LIBRARY USE STATISTIC S
The Circulati on Reports for March 1982 were looked over and it was
noted that this March seemed to be even heavier than the tradition ally heavy
months of March in the past.
Miss Radmacher will check to see if this was
the highest circu lation month in the Library ' s history.
Statisti cs were also duly noted.
The Library Use
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Mr. Flintrup made a motion, seconded by Dr. Wozniak, that the circulation
Reports and the Library Use Statistics be placed on file.
The motion passed
unanimously .
BUDGET
Mrs. Hunter suggested that the order of business on the agenda be changed
in order to give the budget maximum considerati on and the trustees agreed.
Miss Radmacher asked the trustees to read her memorandum regarding the
budget.
Dr. Bloch said he would like to know how much. the Library actually
collected in taxes as compared with.what was appropriate d in the past years.
Miss Radmacher will get those figures.
Mrs·. Zatz asked if the budgeted amount of $55, 000 for insurance will
also cover the new errors and omissions insurance that the Board had recently
voted to purchase.
over the
1982~83
Miss Radmacher explained that a 5% increase for the 1983-84
budget had been used as a guideline and the $55,000 should
cover all insurance items.
Mrs. Zatz asked if the line item of "Service to Maintain Auto Equipment"
would cover the Bookmobile and Miss Radmacher said it would.
Mrs. Zatz also
questioned the need for $30,000 for "·Furniture and Equipment"· and Miss. Radmacher
explained that this covers replacement of copy machines, typewriters , etc., or
the purchase of new equipment.
Mrs. Zatz said that she would like to see more money budgeted for
"Audio-Visu al....
Also, inasmuch as the Skokie Public Library will be responsible
for 30% of the cost of JCPL personnel in the computer program, it will be
necessary to budget more in Data Processing.
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Dr. Bloch said that he would like to see the name of the Reserve
Fund for the Purchase of Sites & Bui l dings changed to something like the
Equipment Replacement Fund , or Building Maintenance Fund , and added into
the Budget with line items established for whatever categories these funds
would be earmarked.
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Capital vreplacemen t should be one of the categories as
well as a contingency fund.
Mrs. Hunter informed the Board that there is a bi ll in Springfield
at this time to freeze all local government taxes.
She also informed the Board
of the "Citizen '·s Initiative " group that is trying to get a bill into the
Illinois Legis l ature that would all ow citizens to get signatures together in
order to get items with which they were concerned onto the ballot .
She said
that we have to be aware of the fact that some of these things could tie up
fund s for t he Library budget.
Dr. Wozniak made the following motion , seconded by Mr . Flintrup :
MOTION:
That the Board of Trustees of the Skokie Public
Library accepts the Budget for the fiscal year
1 983 - 84 , as recommended at the March , 1982 Board
meeting , with the followin g line item changes :
Line Item
Changed to :
Salaries
Professiona l Services
Conf . Expense & Membership Fees
Data Processing
Cassettes , Video & Audio
$ 1,421,500 . 00
5,000.00
20 , 000 . 00
70, 000 . 00
17,000 . 00
The roll was called and the motion passed unanimous l y .
Dr. Bloch then made the fo llowing moti on, seconded by Dr . Wozniak :
MOTION:
That the trustees would like Miss Radmacher to bring in
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a revised 1983 - 84 b u dget incorporatin g the Res ~~
Fund for the Purchase of Sites & Buildings ~~4veral
earmarked funds for foreseeable purposes to appear as
line items in the budget report no later than the June ,
1982 Board meeting .
The roll was called and the motion passed unanimously .
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There was a discussion regarding the across the board percentage
of the cost of living salary increases for Library personnel.
was raised regarding what the Village plans to do.
a 9% across the board increase for the staff.
The question
Mr. Flintrup recommended
The increases will be decided
at the May Board meeting and be made retro-active to May 1, 1982.
CORRESPONDENCE
The letter from Mr. Harold Schiewe to the Northern Illinois Gas
Company was duly noted.
The gas company has not replied as yet.
SIDEWALK AND STREET REPAIR
The trustees read the letter from Klein and Hoffman Inc. regarding
the way they would like to handle the repairs on the sidewalk and street.
Mr. Flintrup said that he would like to go to the Village and see if
they would do the repair work on both the street and sidewalk which would save
the Library a considerable amount of money.
Miss Radmacher sa.l.d she. spoke to
Mr. Eppley regarding the driveway and asked him for something in writing for
the March meeting, but has not received anything from him yet.
Mr. Flintrup
said he would like to have someone approach Mayor Smith regarding the sidewalk.
Dr. Bloch made the following motion r seconded by Mrs·. Weiner:
MOTION:
The roll was called:
That the Board of Trustees gives Klein and Hoffman Inc.
the contract to do the architectural and engineering
services necessary to design the repairs, make up the
specifications, etc., as outlined in their letter for
the repair of the sidewalk and street.
Flintrup - no; Wozniak - no; Merritt - no; Weiner - yes;
Bloch - yes; Zatz - yes; Hunter - ·yes.
The motion passed.
Mrs. Hunter then asked the Board if they would feel more comfortable
about passing this motion if she went to the Village with Mr. Klein's letter
and got a definitive answer from the Village as to whether they could and
would do the job as outlined in the letter.
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Mrs. Weiner, voting on the prevailing side of the above motion,
made the following motion, seconded by Dr. Wozniak:
MOTION:
The roll was called.
That the Board of Trustees authorizes Mrs. Hunter
to talk to the Village prior to the next Board
meeting regarding their doing both the sidewalk
and street repair exactly as outlined in Klein
and Hoffman's letter of April 14. We must receive
a reply within a month's time. If we do not
receive an answer, or the response is negative, the
contract will automatically go to.Klein and Hoffman
Inc.
Zatz - no; Wozniak - yes; Bloch - abstain; Flintrup - yes;
Merritt - yes; Weiner - yes.
The motion passed.
AUTOMATION PROJECT
The Memorandum to the Management Affairs Committee, NSLS, from the JCPL
was duly noted and Mrs. Weiner reported on the meeting she attended at NSLS
regarding the LSCA grant for automation and the System's plan for using it.
PIANO USE POLICY
Mrs. Hunter announced that the dedicatory concert for the piano will
be held on Sunday, April l8 at 2 p.m .. , and she would like the trus.tees· to attend.
REPORT ON PLAQUE LISTING NAMES OF TRUSTEES
Miss Radmacher reported that Sandy Johnson of Architectural Graphic
Systems visited the. Library to see other plaques but has not submitted a quotation
nor an estimate yet.
REPORT ON YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDRENtS DEPARTMENT
Miss Radmacher announced that the Bell & Howell Apple II, a disc unit,
monitor, etc., has been ordered and some of the equipment has arrived for the
Young People & Children's Department.
They are very excited about it •.
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REVENUE SHARING
The trustees praised Mrs. Hunter for her letter to the Niles Township
Administration applying for funds for audio-visual equipment for the 1982-83
Revenue Sharing Grant.
REPORT ON NORTH SUBURBAN LIBRARY SYSTEM
Mrs. Weiner's report was covered with her report on the meeting she
attended with regard to the LSCA grant meeting.
LEGISLATION DAY, MAY 5, 1982
Illinois Library Association Legislation Day, 1982 will be held in
Springfield on May 5. Mrs. Weiner said she would like to attend; and Mrs. Hunter
and Mr. Flintrup said they may also attend.
COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES
Mrs. Merritt said that the chairs in the Library which are in need
of repair should be attended to and she would like to s·ee something done as
soon as possible.
Mrs. Zat.g asked that the trustees. :make their res.ervatioii.s now fc.>r
the srunsa to be held at tee sonveation oa Saaday, July 11, 1982.
ADJOURNMENT
The. meeting adjourned at 10; 50 p .m •.
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