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December Z8, 1966
.Minutes of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Skokie Public
Library postponed from December 14, 1966 and held December 28, 1966 in the
Conference Room of the Library at 7:30 p. m.
Members present:
Conroy V. Erickson, Mrs. W. C. Griffin, Donald
Kraft, Mrs. Daniel Petty, and Rabbi Karl Weiner, Miss Mary Radmacher ,
Librarian.
Mrs. Diane Hunter representat ive from the League of Women Voters
was also present.
Rabbi Karl Weiner, Acting Chairman, presided.
Financial statements for the General Operating Fund and Reserve Fund
for the .Purchase of Sites and Buildings for the month of November, 1966, were
accepted and placed on file.
Motion by Mrs. Griffin seconded by Mr. Kraft.
Motion:
That the lists of bills in the amounts of twelve
thousand twenty-five dollars and six cents
($12, 025. 06) and two thousand two hundred
thirty-thre e dollars and nineteen cents ($2, 233. 19)
be approved for payment.
All ayes.
· Circulation Report for the month of November, 1966 was accepted and
ordered to be placed on file.
The Librarian reported that Chief Chamberla in does not want to deputize
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anyone outside his own police force, including the Library s guard.
Recommen dation
was made that the Library 1 s legal counsel be asked if this can be done.
The schedule for the holiday season this year will be the same as last
year - the Library will be closed all day the day before Christmas and open 9:00
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a. m. to 5:00 p. m. the day before New Year s Day.
Miss Radmacher informed the Board she had received specificatio ns
from Paul Wy.er for the new bookmobile .
He plans to be in Skokie early in 1967
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to go over these specific ations.
Motion:
Motion by Mr. Erickso n, s_econde d by Mrs. Petty.
That the Library defer paymen t for· the new bookmo bile
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beyond what is nece~sary for the paymen ti .:~· >" ,_.,..
bile is deliver ed in 1967.
for the chassis until the bookmo
All ayes.
The Secreta ry was instruc ted to draft an amendm ent to the by-laws to
es
provide for the election of a Vice-P residen t of the Board, the filling of vacanci
as they occur and the spelling out of the duties of the Vice-P residen t for reading
at the next regular Board meeting .
Discuss ion of the sale of the propert y the Library is buying located at
Gross Point Road and ;Kenton Avenue to School Distric t 68.
Motion by Mr. Erickso n,
seconde d by Mrs. Griffin:
Motion:
That the Library offer to negotia te the sale of the Gross
Point Road and Kenton Avenue propert y to the District 68
School Board on the basis of a price includin g our current
investm ent in princip al, interes t, taxes and other expense s
as of the date of sale plus a reasona ble amount represe nting what would have been earned if the money had been
invested elsewhe re over this period of time.
All ayes.
Motion by Mr. Kraft seconde d by Mr. Erickso n.
Motion:
That the Library Board include a clause in our sales
contrac t which would state that we are selling thi~
land to Distric t 68 for the school usage on that site
and if they, in turn, sell this propert y for other than
school purpose s on that site for more money than paid
to us, the Library receiver " a proport ionate sha:r.e
of the profits.
All ayes.
The Librari an was instruc ted
of the Board at this meeting .
to
notify School Distric t 68 of the action
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A letter should be prepare d for Rabbi Weiner s
sfgnatu re.
The Librari an informe d the Board Mr. Ed. Simon asked that the Citizens
Commi ttee Report remain as submitt ed with referen ce to the date of their recomthe
mendat ion having precede d joint action of the Village and Library Boards on
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concept of the Oakton Street civic center.
Rabbi Weiner reported on a meeting he had with Mayor S:i:nitho
The
Mayor expressed his agreement with having branches and experimenting with a
temporary arrangemento
When the Mayor was informed of Mr. Kahn 1 s idea of
avoiding a referendum, he stated that when the Library is ready with the finished
plans there should be a meeting with the Trustees of both Boards plus whoever else
would be needed to work out this plan.
He suggested Miss Radmacher ask Mro
Kraft to attend the Fine Arts meeting, and suggested a meeting with the Village
Planning Department so the Library 1 s architectural plans may be known to th~m:
In discussion of the Citizens Committee Report and recommendatio ns
contained therein the following points were D}entioned:
1). the news release which
appeared in the local papers the preceding week end; t:} announcement of the Press
Conference on January 9 at 3:00 p.·m. in the Library; and 3)
discussion of
recommendatio ns.
The forming of two committees was recommended.
Rabbi "Weiner
appointed Mrs. Griffin to work with the Librarian on Sunday ·openings.
Mr.
Erickson, Mr. Kraft and Rabbi Weiner will form the committee for branches
and neighborhood serviceso
Following discussion of the size of the expansion and amount of money
to be involved, Mr. Erickson presented the following motion seconded by
Mrs. Petty.
Motion:
That the Architect and Librarian be directed to prepare
specifications for an expansion of the main library
within a total expenditure of one million two hundred
thousand dollars ($1, C.00,000).
All ayes.
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An acknowledgem ent of appreciation for the Board s expression of
sympathy in the death of his father was sent to the Board by Mr. James Hammond
and read at the meeting.
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Meeting adjourned at 10:30 p. m. on motihn by Mr. Ericksq_,11;.
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