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May 14 , 1980
Minutes of the regu l ar meeting of the Board of Directors of the Skokie
Publ ic Library he l d Wednesday, May 1 4 , 1980 .
Rabbi Weiner noted that a quorum was present.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 6 : 30 p . m. , following dinner at
5 : 30 p.m .
This part of the meeting is a Special Meeting which was cal l ed in
order to prioritize the Library ' s commitments and needs within the next year
or two that will cost l arge sums of money and must be taken from the Reserve
Fund of $623 , 791 . 16(
as well as to discuss what we must be prepared for in
emergency spending.
Members present :
Rabbi Karl Weiner, President; Mrs . Diana Hunter ,
Vice President ; Dr. John Wozniak , Secretary; Mrs. Shirley Merritt ; Mrs . Norma
Zatz; and Miss Mary Radmacher, Chief Librarian.
Members absent :
Mr. Walter Flintrup; Mr. Richard Lindberg .
SPECIAL MEETING
Rabbi Weiner suggested that the trustees list the items of concern ,
consider each one , determine what is involved and how much each item is going
to cost .
Mrs~
Hunter remarked that the $623 ,79i . 1 6 reserve fund is the onl y
money we will have in the foreseeable future, and considering the general cli mate at this time we must be very realistic and conservative in our spe ndi ng .
EXPANSION INTO FORMER TECHNICAL SERVICES AREA - Rabbi Weiner said that
we will have to wait for Mr . Hammond to put his ideas into written form and come
in with some figures as to costs.
SECURITY SYSTEM - This is an item for which we are a lready committed .
ENERGY RETRO-FITTING - Mrs . Hunter reported on a meeting that she
attended regarding energy conservation .
She told the Board tha t one of the
topics discussed at this meeting was con servation by retro-fitting which involves
add:
PARKING - Already committed for paving and must b e included .
(6/11/80 meeting)
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adding energy conservation equipment to buildings built in the last decade
without thought to energy conservation.
She said the Library cannot afford to
ignore this since this building is a perfect example of the type of building
that they were talking about.
She said we must consider this on the list of
priorities, and suggested money be put aside for this.
She suggested writing the
A.I.A. to express our interest in their giving us recommendations for a study of
the Library building in this regard.
BOOKMOBILE -· a commitment has already been made for the cost of the
Bookmobile, but we don't know how much it will cost.
Mr ..
Schiewe arrived.
Rabbi Weiner adjourned the special meeting and
called the regular meeting to order.
In order to accommodate Mr. Schiewe, the
order of the agenda was changed.
BUILDING
Because all the needed information was not available it was decided to
pos.tpone. the discus.sion on the Johnson Controls contract renewal until next
month.
The. letter from Mr. Frank Klein regardi_ng the. sidewalks was duly noted
and Miss Radmacher said that Mr. Lindberg told her he wants to respond to that
letter.
After a discussion with.Mr. Schiewe regardi;llg the advisability of going
ahead with-the soil testing, the. following motion was made by .Mrs. Hunter, seconded
by Mrs. Zatz.
MOTION:
The Board of Trustees accepts Mr. Klein•· s
recommendation to do soil testing at a cost
not to exceed 20% over the $.1, 250 •. 00 figure
quoted as an approximate amount.
Dr. Wozniak.called the roll and the motion pas-sed unanimously ..
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Miss Radmacher will call Mr. Klein and ask him to get in touch with
the soil testing company.
She will ask Mr. Klein to make his reconunendations
for exactly what has to be done with the sidewalks and what it will cost, after
the tests have been made.
Rabbi Weiner asked Mr. Schiewe to explain the problems regarding the
roofs on the original building and on the addition and what his reconunendations
are to solve them •.
Mr. Schiewe said that the old roof has worn very well but he has no
idea how lo.ng i.t will be before it will need replacement.
advantageous to replace both roofs at the same time.
He said it may be
He reconnnends that a roof
consultant be brought in and that we get prices on roofing the original roof
together wi.th_
t~e
new building roof, and the. cost of just replacing the old roof,
as. well as. the cost of just doing the necessary patching on both. roofs.
He said
that Mr •. Joseph_ Llewellyn might be. called in as: the roof consultant •.
Mr. Schiewe. informed the trustees of the different types of materials
that are used for roofing and said that in his estimation Trocal is the best
(addition 6/11/80)
at which the Board voiced
I its dissatisfaction with
the report
Following a discuss:ion with. the Board and Mr. Schiewe ' the following
and
reconunendations
of the roof conmotion was. made by Mrs. zatz, seconded by Mrs •. Merritt;
sultant last
year
MOTION:
To contact Mr. Joseph. Llewellyn in his capacity
as a roofing consultant and ask him to establish
a price for roofing the buiidings with Trocal as.
well as advi.sing the Board what other alternatives
there.may be. to deal with the problems,
even though it is the most expensive.
Dr. Wozniak called the roll and the mof:.±on was carried unanimously,
Miss
Radmacher will advi.se Mr. Hanunond of this motion •.
Rabbi Weiner thanked Mr. Schiewe for giving us his time and expertise.
Rabbi Weiner then went back to the regular agenda.
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A motion was made by Mrs. Zatz and seconded by Dr. Wozniak to approve
the minutes of the meeting of April 9, 1980 and the Special Meeting of May 5,
1980.
The motion was carried unanimously .
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following motion was made by Mrs. Hunter and seconded by Mrs.
Zatz:
MOTION:
That the financial statements for the General
Operating Fund, the Reserve Fund for the Purchase
of Sites & Buildings, the Year to Date Status on
Lease-Purch ase of Copying Machines, and the reports
on the Fine Arts Acquisition Program and the Selma
Regan Petty Memorial Fund, and the SLS Unemploymen t
Compensatio n Group Account Fund statement be accepted,
and that the lists. of bills for the General Operating
Fund in the amounts. of $24,068.12, $10,482.22 and
$5,443.20, and the list of bills for the North Suburban
Library System Coordinated Acquisiton Program on Literature in the amount of $3,.lGJ. •. 57 be approved for payment,
subject to audit •.
The motion was approved unanimously •.
CIRCULATION REPORTS
A motion.was made by Mrs. Zatz, seconded by Dr. Wozniak to place
the Circulation Reports on file with the comment that the Board is delighted
to see the increase in circulation ..
LIBRARY USE STATISTICS
The Library Use Statistics were noted and placed on file •.
ANNUAL REPORTS
The Annual Reports of the General Operating Fund, the. Reserve Fund
for the Purchase of Sites
Operating Fund, the Book.
&
~g
Buildings., the Interest Statement for General
Sale and Circulation were. duly noted and placed
on file.
Miss Radmacher said that the. book. bags are being reordered.
The following motion was made by Mrs.. Hunter, seconded by Mrs. Zatz:
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MOTION:
That 100 book bags be allocated to the Farmer's
Market as a give-away to the people attending
the Market.
The motion passed unanimously.
GIFT OF $50.00
Miss Radmacher explained that Mr. L. J .. Malmsten gave the Library a
gift of $50.00 to go towards the purchase of a subscription to the R-H-M
Survey of Warrants·-options
&
Low-Price Stocks.
She said this periodical is very
costly and therefore decided to take. a s.UC month. subscription and then see if
there are requests· for it.
Mrs. Merritt asked Miss Radmacher i£ all the periodical subscriptions
have been
re~evaluated.
Miss Radmacher s.aid this has been done.
PERSONNEL
Miss. Radmacher reported on the appointment of Eileen Brooks as a
part--time Children's Librarian •. At the present time she is in the hospital
and Miss Radmacher hopes she will be back soon.
COMMENTS
Mrs. Zatz commented that she would like to see the picture of the Swans
{correction 6/1.1/80}
on the
::a:s::t::he::~:far correspondence notes which could be boxed and sold by the
Library. Mrs. Hunter asked that this subject be put on next month's agenda
when the book sale is discussed.
Mrs. Merritt asked if anyone knows what plans the Village has regarding
the lighting and landscaping
Rabbi Weiner said he will try to meet
of the area.
with Mayor Smith and discuss this with him.
Mrs. Hunter reported on the ALA Legislative Day she attended in
Washington, D.C. and the I.L.A. Legislative Day in Springfield.
She spoke about
the A.L.A. briefing on federal library legislation and visiting the congressional
offices in Washington..
In Springfield, at the I.L.A., she heard a speech given
by Alan Dixon and she attended caucuses.
She said that she was delighted to have
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been able to attend both of these seminars and thanked the Board for sending
her.
She said that these are very beneficial meetings for trustees to attend.
She also made the point that she feels it is very important that libraries
do lobbying for their programs, particularl y in these times when social
agency budgets are being cut.
Mrs. Merrittaske d if the trustees know about the course on
manship" being given at the National College of Education.
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Grants-
Mrs. Hunter said
she took. the course but didn •·t think much. of it ..
REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. WALTER FLINTRUP TO NSLS BOARD
Dr. Wozniak made a motion, s·econded by Mrs. Merritt that the Skokie
Public Library Board of Trustees: reappoint Mr. Walter Flintrup as the Skokie
Public Library's: representat ive to the NSLS Board.
The motion passed unanimous-
ly.
Miss Radmacher said that Mr .. Flintrup wants to be certain that the
Board backs. him on his position regarding the Arlington Heights Memorial
Library's policy of limiting the number of books they will lend on RBP..
Arling-
ton Heights is· not honoring the. System'·s reciprocal hy-laws and Mr. Flintrup
has gone on record with the Management Committee as to his stand.
He wants. the
Board'· s assurance of our support on this posture.
The trustees agree in principle on the. issue.
Miss Radmacher said that Mr. Flintrup had also suggested that the
Evanston and Skokie Public libraries should make a joint statement regarding
this issue..
Mrs .. Hunter made the following motion, seconded by Mrs. Merritt:
MOTION;
That the Evanston Public Library be contacted for
the purpose of wri ti.ng a joint statement wi.th. the Skokie
Public Library to the. NSLS regarding the Arlington Heights
Memorial Library not honoring the reciprocal lending
by-laws and the strongfeelin gs the Skokie and Evanston
libraries have about this.
The motion carried unanimously .
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NORTH SUBURBAN LIBRARY SYSTEM
Since Mr. Flintrup was not present, an NSLS report was not given.
REVENUE SHARING
It is reported unofficially that Niles Township has made the decision
to give the library approximately $22,000 towards the purchase of a Bookmobile.
Rabbi Weiner stated the Township Office •·s decis-ion on Revenue Sharing was to
give to all public libraries in Niles Township.
The Village has requested that Library trustees attend its trustees
meeting on Monday evening, May 19.
It is hoped the Village will award the
Library revenue sharing money towards: the Bookmobile at that time.
The cost of the Bookmobile is estimated at approximately $75,000.
When the Bookmobile is purchased and put into s-ervice, we should be sure to
publi.cize how it was. acquired.
COMPUTER
Miss Radmacher said that las.t November she was told the cost of CLSI
would be in the neighborhood of $l80., 00.0 and she will write a letter regarding
the status of the computer system so that the. Board will have an idea of the
amount of money that has. to be. put aside for the computer system.
LETTERHEAD LOGO
Miss. Radmacher said she- hasn't heard from Mr. Sample, and she will
call him again._
PARTY FOR "THE NEIGHBORS"
Miss. Radmacher announced that a party will be held for the residents
of the new building at 5140. Galitz on June 3rd, at 2;00- p.m .. in the Petty Auditorium..
She said she would like. to introduce the Library trustees to them.
Book bags fi_lled with information regarding the Library •--s facilities. and activities: will be. handed out and the film "The Remembering Eye" will be shown •.
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It was suggested that an invitation be sent to the Secretary of State
and Miss Radmache r will send an invitation.
REPORT ON MEETING WITH ED FLEISCHMAN
Miss Radmacher said Mr. Ed Fleischman , Ch airman of the Youth Commission ,
met with her to discu ss how the Library can b e of a ssistance with him and his
group .
Miss Radmacher assured him the Library will cooperate in every way
possible and Mr. Fleischman will ge t back to her.
REPORT ON MEETING WITH CANAD I AN VICE-CONSUL GENERAL DUINKER
Miss Radmacher reported that the Canadian Consulate i s definitely
interested in having s ome type of exhibit at the Library and they wi ll be in
touch with her soon .
ADJOURNMENT
The regular meeti ng was adjourned at 9 :3 0. p. m.
The Board t h e n went
into Executive Session with the Annual Meeting to fol l ow .
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J,oh n M. Woznia k
Secretary
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May 14 , 1980
Fo llowing ..the regular May Board meeting the Board went into
Exe cutive Sess i on to determine the Librarian ' s salary which has been
set at 7% p lu s FICA , or the approximate 10% across the board increase.
Meeting was adjourned.
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