-
https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/25617/archive/files/c901c4842d40b6a89faa045d17f3560b.pdf?Expires=1712793600&Signature=Ilc64j3FnCeHXuwMaj-wMHJv2kF8M3HGVK06mK7MEzuf6FGEVh52J8eOSflt%7E8uATc0PAXxTuc5KdSwMYkCILrXb3kDYkO-I94vzplk0rxvKSRQLSwED0rwsq2ccKdSsEKFnc4GcP9-nXCxd05dcPM-d5g0sCZP9jSRkhG7LWG4W0KHYKfPmzKOZ3An9PAOtUtzpMieEXh7Z7jM89t65WkohFecBy151otaT0nqSZ6wZZIOInlswFuRpGPyhs7smAe-UeVqvJp3pyl5W5Wwm7KNC6nuDtYxEPa8OAeJ01AwSY1WZODo2EmCER3WsW1K0DPxzt8gRwX6ieIT-0DEplg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM
52f52862ae86dccabe3994217add8a5e
PDF Text
Text
November 10 , 1 982
Minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the
Skokie Public Library , held Wednesday, November 10, 1982.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 7 : 45 p.m. by Mrs. Diana Hunt er,
President .
Members present :
Mrs . Diana Hunter, President ; Dr. John Wozni ak ,
Vice President; Dr . Herman Bloch; Mr. Walter F lintrup; Mrs. Eva W
einer ;
Mrs. Norma Zatz ; and Miss Mary Radmacher , Chief Librarian .
Member absent:
Mrs . Shirl ey Merritt, Secretary .
Visitor prese nt for the early par t of the meeting:
Heinseimer Parvi s.
Also present :
Mrs. Barbara
Mr . Laurence Sal asche of London Witte &
Company.
REPORT FROM YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN ' S DEPARTMENT STAFF
Mrs . Hunter announced that due to illness among the staff in the
Young People and Children ' s Department, the staff representatives will not
attend this meeting and their report is postponed unti l t he next meeting.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF OCTOBER 1 3, 1 982
A motion was made by Mrs . Zatz , seconded by Dr. Wozniak, to approve
the minutes
o~
the October 13, 1982 meeting as wr i tten.
The motion passed
unanimously.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS & BILLS
Mrs. Zat z made the following motion, seconded by Dr. Wozniak :
MOTION:
That the financial statements for the General
Operating Fund, the Reserve Fund for the Purchase
of S ites and Buildings, and t h e Report on the
Fine Arts Acqu isition Fund be accepted, and that the
lists of bill s from the General Operating Fund in the
amounts of $41,208 . 25 and $6 , 532.14, and the bills from
the Reserve Fund for the Purchase of Sites and Buildings
in the amount of $1 9 , 858 . 89, be approved for payment ,
subject to audit .
Th e roll was called and th e mot ion passed unanimously.
�- 2-
CI RCULATION REPORTS & LI BRARY USE STATISTICS
In response to a question raised about the Bookmobile usage,
Miss Radmacher said that statistics are kept for c irculation and the number
of patrons using the Bookmobi l e at each of i ts stops .
Mrs . Zatz made a motion , seconded by Dr . Wozniak, to p l ace the
Circulation Reports and the Library Use Statistics on fi l e .
The motion
passed unanimous l y.
AUDITOR ' S REPORT
Mr . Laurence Sal asche, an auditor with London Witte & Com
pany ,
reported t o the Board that the audit which his f irm recently com
pleted
shows the Library to have a healthy cash balance .
-Br . Bleeh explained Lo M1 . Sela!!che that tl:Jg re!!er Ve £1meb
ar e
-earfftarlrnd for sapit;;i.l i wpnw9mefi't!3 afia once we do what i!! fleeessa:r:y ta
t.Pe
j HS Li talion
we will be on a hand- to- mouth basis .
waintai..n~
Dr . Dlooh oaie! t:hat: --4.o
-terms of long range plarmlng the Library does not §e to tb
dql 1 ar cannot 13e
~~ 7
P,~
0
peoplg,
'irnery
spent !Jmnediatcll altd we have to J ook to the future .
Ho sa.i d
ehst it. ha!! been Lli!OUgh p rudent spending and e_:reod i1:prg stH1eREO that t:he
Res erve EPPQ fies
c QPtj one to
~et.
eeeFt eailt:
1:1'.f?l 1
aFts
me;i;: e
t h an l i kgly ue will BC UAahle t o
the iRt:eres't rates we have hael ifi enc pa!!L .
He asked l'!r . · Sala::wfia-
kou tae Library can maint ain an even keel i11 light o! 1±s±119 costs and : olliFt9
f
Mr. Sal asche exp lained the procedure of the tax collections :
that
there is a lways a "catch-up peri od ... from one year into t he next year and the
col l ections go into the fol l owing year.
He said that keeping i n mind how the
tax money comes in, he wou ld say t hat a warning point would be at l east three
months operation funds and probabl y four , five or six months for cash receipts .
He sai d that all we can do is be as efficient as possib l e and do the best we
can with our investments .
�-3-
Mr. Flintrup asked Mr. Salasche to comment on our day-to-day
procedures in the handling of our funds and if it is being done correctly.
Mr. Salasche replied that in their audit they did not find anything wrong
and nothing came to their attention that had to be discussed with the
He said that next year a management letter will be sent.
Board~
Mr. Salasche
retired from the meeting.
Mrs. Barbara Heinseimer Parvis retired from the meeting shortly
thereafter.
CORRESPONDENCE
The letters from Mr. Jack Cantor, Principal, John Middleton School,
to Miss Radmacher and Miss Burmeister, in appreciation of the
Library~s
services
to the school were duly noted.
After reading Mrs. Gertrude
Goodman~s
beautiful letter thanking the
Board of Directors and commending staff members for their assistance to her with
the Talking Book Program, Dr. Bloch suggested that Miss Radmacher check with the
visually handicapped institutions. to find out how the Library can participate
in services to the visually handicapped.
The letter sent to Mrs. Hunter from Mr. Charles
and the trustees discussed his
~uggestion
~anitch.
was duly noted,
that a bill changing machine be
installed in the Library. Miss Radmacher will talk to staff members and report
back to the Board as to their thoughts on this.
PERSONNEL
Miss Radmacher reported that Pearl Schwartz has been appointed to
the Circulation Department as a Clerical Assistant.
GAS BILL
The letter written by
~~nal~~yonto
Northern Illinois Gas Company,
in which he enclosed the Library's check in the amount of $5,600.00 in full
payment of the disputed gas bill, was duly noted.
�-4-
SIDEWALK PROJECT
Miss Radmacher reported that the sidewalk project is progressing,
and the sewer work is completed at a cost of under $25,000.00.
Mrs. Hunter
said that hopefully the project will be finished by the end of November,
weather permitting.
The trustees asked that Miss Radmacher ask Mr. Klein to send a
summary of what was done upon completion of the project.
MEMORANDUM RE CORPORATE PERSONAL PROPERTY.TAX· REPLACEMENT FUND LAWSUIT
The Board discussed the memorandum from Deborah Miller asking for
financial support for the Corporate Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund
proposed lawsuit.
Dr. Bloch made the f ollowi_ng motion, seconded by Mr.
Flintrup:
MOTION:
That the Skokie Public Library should not
contribute money to the Corporate Personal
Property Tax Replacement Fund lawsuit.
The roll was called: Mrs. Zatz-No; Dr. Bloch-~es; Mr. Flintrup-Yes;
Mrs. Weiner-Abstain; Dr. Wozniak-No; Mrs. Hunter-No. The motion did not pass.
Dr. Wozniak made the following motion, seconded by Mrs. Weiner:
MOTION:
That the Skokie Public Library send a $100.00
contribution to the Illinois Library Association
(ILA) to help our fellow members with their
Corporate Personal Property Tax Replacement
Fund lawsuit.
The roll was called: Mrs. Zatz-Yes; Mr. Flintrup-No; Dr. Bloch-No;
Mrs. Weiner-.-Ye~; Dr. Wozniak-Yes. The motion passed.
RECOMMEND CLOSING· THE SKOKIE PUBLIC
LIB~Y
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, iqa2
Dr. Bloch made the following motion, seconded by Mr. Flintrup:
MOTION:
The Board of Trustees accepts the recommendation
of Miss Radmacher to close the Skokie Public
Library on Sunday, December 26, 1982.
The roll was called and the motion passed unanimously.
�- 5-
INTEREST RATES
The trustees looked over the charts that Miss Radmacher had prepared
showing the responses she had received from different banks when she made
inquiries as to their interest rates for Li brary i nvestments .
Dr. Bloch suggested that Miss Radmacher talk to someone at one of
t h e l arge banks in Ev a n ston .
Mrs . Zat z commented that after looking over the
charts she thinks we are in the best position we can be in at the First
National Bank o f Skokie .
Mi ss Radmach er said that the official to whom she
spoke at the First National Bank of Skokie knew that the Library was looking
at t he interest rates of other banks .
Mr. Flintrup suggested that Miss Radmacher make appointments to
talk with the different bank official s i n person about the Library ' s investments :
the total investment picture and to find out if better interest rates would be
available than j u st the weekly pUb l ished rates.
Miss Radmacher will get in
touch with two , three or four banks.
REPORT ON NORTH SUBURBAN LIBRARY SYSTEM
Mrs . Weiner asked Dr. Bloch to attend the next NSLS meeti ng since
she wi ll be unable to attend .
Mrs. Weiner read the list of NSLS service cutbacks with which she
is very concerned .
She will get a copy of the NSLS budget which shows that
the a llocation of mon ey is being made differentl y than i t was prev iously.
-&b e
WQ!J l
eEl'AQQliJ;lii
a
1; ke
t hg
Er tl!! C:ees to hold a special !'tree Ling iu order Lo discuss Llteir
r ega r d ing t h j 5
j55ne ..
Miss Radmacher asked the trustees to look over the memo from the
Suburban Library System regarding contin uation of Umbrella Insurance renewal
under the SLS Unemp l oyment Compensation Joint Account .
was made by Mr . Flintrup , seconded by Mrs . Zatz :
The following motion
�-6-
MOTION:
The Board of Trustees of the Skokie Publ ic Library
wishes to continue the Umbrella Ins urance coverage
of the SLS Unemployment Compensation Joint Account .
The roll was called and the motion passed unanimously.
COMMENTS FROM TRUSTEES
Mr. Flintrup commented that he is amazed at the statistics of the
Reciprocal Borrowing Activities Summary and would like this investigated.
Mrs. Hunter reported that she and Miss Radmacher have discussed
holding an open-house at the Library on a Sunday between Thanksgiving and
Christmas for new residents of Skokie.
Dr. Wozniak commented that he was very pleased with h ow quickly he
could get a translation of something he needed from one of the Skokie Public
Library staff .
AUTOMATION PROJECT
The
Highlan~
Park Library Board has not made a decision on h ow they
will proceed with automation.
There wi ll be a meeting of the other three librar i es very soon .
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourne d at 10:10 p.m.
d
Shirley M rritt
-
Secretary
�-7-
Correction, Page 2, AUDITOR'S REPORT, second paragraph:
Dr. Bloch pointed out uo Mr. Salasche that the reserve funds
earmarked for capital improvements will be largely depleted when we have done
what is necessary to maintain the institution.
Since our reserves have been
built up through prudent spending and investments in high-interest notes,
which are not likely to be available in the near future, he asked Mr. Salasche's
opinion regard:ingthe level of operating funds which a prudent Library Board should
try to maintain as a cushion.
�
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Original Format
The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data
Serial publication, paper document
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
A name given to the resource
Minutes, Wednesday, November 10, 1982
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Skokie Public Library. Board of Trustees
Contributor
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Merritt, Shirley (Secretary)
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1982-11-10
Format
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
PDF
Subject
The topic of the resource
Public Libraries -- Illinois -- Skokie
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
LBM19821110.pdf
Publisher
An entity responsible for making the resource available
Skokie Public Library, Skokie, IL
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1980s (1980-1989)
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
7 p.
1980s
library board meetings