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May 13 3 1970
Minutes of the regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Skokie
Public Library held May 13 3 1970 at 5:30 p.;:m~.; in the Lecture Room..;: J.
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1v1em,1;>ers present:· Howard Hummer 3 Mrsoi Diane Hunter 3 Richard
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Lindberg., Mrs.;) Selma Pett# and Rabbi Karl Weiner$ Mary Radmacher 3 ,.
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Chief Librarian.;,
Also present: Mrso! Jackie Gorell and Attorney Robert Di Leonardi.;:
A correction was made in the minutes of the April 8 meeting.: On page
3 3 line 15 3 the name should be changed from Mr.; Kraft to Mrs.;: Hunter.;; The
minutes were approved after
correction~!
Mrs.;: Hunter asked about the money the Board proposed to transfer to the
General Fund from the Reserve Fundqi The Librarian explained this will not
be done unless it becomes a necessity.;;
General Operating Budget 3 , Reserve Fund for the Purchase of Sites and
Building and the NSLS Coordinated Acquisitions Program on American Litera ...
ture financial statements were approved on. motion by Mr.;: Hummer seconded
by Mrs. Huntero' Motion. carried.;i
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Motion. by Mr,.;) Hummer seconded by Mrs.;.: Hunter which3 on roll call
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vote 3 • carried unanimously.;!
Motion:
That the lists of bills for the General Operating
Budg·et in the amount of $63,019.; 55 and $43 995.; 28;
for the.Reserve Fund in the ani6unt of $103189p;78;
and the Coordinated acquisitions Pr·ogram in th'e
amount of $1 3 573-..52 be approved for payment.;
Circulation Report for the month of April 3 1970 was approved and
ordered placed on file.;
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In commenting on the decline in juvenile circulation*
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Mrs. Hunter asked about the amount of space .to be utilized in the new building
for Children.ts Department3 especially after reading the articles stating that
the use of the Childrent~ Department in the public libraries is going downo;
Miss Radmacher said that this has been taken into account_ in the new buU,ding
by making the space very flexible~l
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Ml!r'!! Ed S~on3: a member of the Speakers Bureau for the Citizens For
the Library joined the meeting at
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The Librarian distributed copies of a letter sent . to Mrs~ Petty from
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the Civic Womanl's Club of Skokie in which they advised her of a contribution to
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the Library in the amount of $100~_00°.'! .Miss Radmacher acknowledged the gift
on behalf of the Board~; Also, the Juni~r Woment's Club of Skokie presented a
$25.;:00 check to the Library and this was also .acknowledged by the Librarian~!
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J?~pmr.eh;was discussed.ii Karlotta Mathews 2 Childrenli's Librarian31
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resigned to take a job with Glenview Public Library.; Mrs.;; Ailsa Levick
was appointed to work in Childreniws Departmento;
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Annual reports for the fiscal year May 1 3• 1969 to April 30 31 . 1970 for
the General Operating Budget*, Reserve Fund for the Purchase of Sites and
Building*, Investment Report for the General Operating Fund, and Reserve
Fund.,. and the Circulation were distributed 31·', accepted and ordered placed on
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A recommended budget based on the 12i levy for the current year was
submitted by Miss Radmachero'i A recommended budget for the following year
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perdicated on an anticipated 16i rate has also been prepared by the Librarian,~;:
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The following motion was made by Mr.;:j Hummer'*;.. seconded by Mrs?i Petty:S,
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whicha on roll call vote.,, passed unanimously.;)
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That the Skokie Public Library Board of Trustees
authorize Miss Radmacher to get in touch with.the
VilJ.age·and a:sk them if submission of the budget
can be delayed until after passage of the success'ful
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:referendum on May 26~;
Motion:
. The Librarian stated that a decision must be made as to definite space
allocation for the Fine Arts groups in the new building plansci, The 200.,,seat
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auditorium will be available to them on advance arrangements~) If the current
Technical Processes Department is allocated to the Fine Arts group~_ they could
have easy access to the existing Lecture Room and yet be separated from the
rest of the Library.;c; After discussion.,. . the Board was in total agreement . to
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assign the Technical Processes area to the Fine Arts group.;
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�Mrso! Jackie Gorell reported to the Board on t~e progress of the promotional
work for the May 26 referendum~! She ann~unced t~e plans for a reception to be
held Sunday.,: May 17 3 ; at the Library as an open house.;; The purpose is to give
the community an opportunity to come into the Library and ask any questions~!
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The Steering Committee will be present and the Board was asked to attend~, An
adv:wvill be run in the local newspapers to publicize the open house~,, She reported
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Bell has offered the facilit~es of 40 t~lephones for workers for the evening
before the referendum~) Press releases have been sent to the papers,,) Mr.;;
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the brochure and bookmark used were distributed to each member.,j
Also3 : Miss Radmacher 3 i; Mrs~!. Gorell and Mrs.;i Miller attended a luncheon
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of the Civic Woman·?1$ Club as Mrs~i Petty"'s guest and spoke for the referendum_.:
At this point there appeared to be no indication of organized opposition~;
Mr 0: Ed Simon of the Speakers·t'rnur eau of the Citizens For the Library 3 ;
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gave a report including some pertinent points reflecting the attitude of the groups
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he had addressed.;') He said there is no doubt about a taxpayers rebellionQi He
mentioned a dil:e'lnma 8 the Library ran a deficit of $60,,000 which indicates the
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Library is in· financial trouble this year and will be next year.;! The question is
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asked if 8cf, is passed 3 how much the Library plans to spend this year and how
much money is the 8¢ going to generate~:! People are l?oking for answers~j He
urged to the best of the Board·t<s ability a decision be reached of how much the
Board plans to levy and a statement released of how judiciously the funds will
be used.;:. It will be helpful if a decision could be made now~,
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Rabbi Weiner thanked Mr.;; Simon for attending the meeting and said
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that the Library Board has gone on record ~rough Miss Radmacher~-~ draft,
of the budget that we have taken our levy of 4_/, and not more than t~at~; It is
this Boardi;s intention to levy only 4¢ more and to reinstate the type of service
we had until now~-, The part the Library was most, anxious about was our book
purchase selection.;
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Rabbi Weiner asked if it was the will of the Board to follow up on the
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formulation of a_ statement and the Board agreed.; 1 •
Mr~! Lewis Kalin~,: Village Finance Director and Mro Barce of Paul D~'.
Speer Associates joined the
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reviewed the situation with
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regards to the sale of the bonds and pointed out the fact that there had been no
bidders on April 20 when the bonds were offered for sale~i
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mendation was to ·sell as soon as there is an improvement in the bond
market~,:
It was pointed out to Mr.;: Kahn that the Library must adhere to its time table
for building program.;)
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Mr..;: Di Leonardi reviewed the Libraryt's negotiations for the Schroeder
property at 5223 Oakton Street and reported the Schroederts appraisal from George
Anton of Evanston at a figure of $42, 500 and the Libraryt·5 appraisal from James
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P.,i! Foley Associates at $35, 000~! The .sellers indicated they would not take less
than their appraisal figure~) Discussion was held as tovlihether to continue
negotiations and if so 2 : how much more than $35~.ooo would the Libra~y pay,.]
Meeting temporarily adjourned for a meeting with the Evanston Public
Library Board..;!
The meeting with the Evanston Public Library Board and the Skokie
Public Library Board was held at 8:00 p~:jm~,i in the Lecture Room..;::
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Rabbi Weiner thanked the Evanston Board for meeting with our Beard~)
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to discuss a reciprocal lending policy.;,j Although these two libraries have been
reluctant to enter into the System program 3. the Skokie Board thought . it may
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be of mutual benefit to Skokie and Evanston to consider such a program..;:
Discussion followed and it was suggested that the two libraries try it
out and some statistics be accrued on the use of each library.;:
Mr. Gorby expressed his approval of a trial and st~ted it_might.be the
answer to some questions.;, It could,, in effect, assist Evanston Business
District in its program to attract shoppers to Evanston~- Mr •.: Gorby also
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mentione d that quite a number of Skokie books come to Evanston on inter ...
library loan,;;
It was decided the. two Boards 3 : at their next respectiv e meetings·:11, would
discuss the issue.;:
The Evanston Board retired from the meeting at 9:40 P~.·moj
Discussio n continued on the property at 5223 Oakton Street0 .J Because
of the narrowne ss of the lot $42 3 .500 would seem to be an unrealist ic figurep;i
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A decisivn to go back to the Schroede rs and suggest a third appraisa l be made.;,
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That the Skokie Public Library Board secure the
services of a third.ma n to appraise the property
c,t 5223 Oakton Street,. not to be binding on anyhody3,
with the consent of the· Schroede rs9, and the expense·
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The Libraria n discusse d the summer schedulefi r aiidereci.0]'.R;mftnded the
Library be open 9 a;jm~· to 9 P~.~moj Monday through Friday and closed all day
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Saturday June 6 through Septemb er 5~.i The Board decided to follow through
on this recomme ndation since they had accepted it
The Libraria n reported on
vandalism~]
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·At 7 ot'Clock one evening a small
homemad e firecrack er was ignited in the window at the court side of the Library
under the drapery9i Mre,: Hippenm eyer smothere d the fire in the drapery with
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his handso: The insuranc e company will replace the drapery but . the Libraria n
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recOmme nded collecting the money from the insuranc e company but .not
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replacing the one drapery panel at this timeo
Rabbi Weiner advised Mr? Kahn the Library budget . will be forthcom ing
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following the outcome of the referendu m.;
Rabbi Weiner asked that all members of the Board attend a special meeting
at 2:00 Sunday3 May 17~; to work out . the statemen t . requested by lviro~ Ed Simon~!
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Meeting adjourne d at . 10:40 p.;,m.;.'
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