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1972
Petty, Johm \;\ ozT1iak and P1·esiden.t Rabbi Karl
v\ einer,
Miss Mary Radmacher
Pdo:i.· to the conve1c.ing of the regular meeting the Board intervie,ved two prospective applicants fo1· the job of Business Manager, Lawrence Fey and John Russell.
Follovving the intervie·ws James Hammond, architect and George Getty, his
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associa.te joir1ed the meet:.n.g.
Mr.
Cha:~les
Hug, attorney was in <;.i.ttendance.
The minutes of tl1.e meeting of August 9, 1972 we1·e approved as submitted on
rJ.'1·0tion b:r 1'v1rso Petty, seconded
Rabbi \Neiner
as:~ed
b~{
ftlzso Huriter..
1viotion ca.. rriedo
fo:e a building progress repo1·t from the architect.
Mr.
:C-iaxnmond stai;ed that the :,ast piece of wo:d;: tc; go out for solicitation of bids is
::ie::.ng prepared a1'1ld The S!,a,ter Company and Business Interiors h<:we picked up
the bid specifications ,:)n the
c:~ccesso:nes
and plants.
This bid is due on the 19th. ,
Corl:.tra.cto:;:s ;:iave continued. '.:o b:e ver:y difficult to get everything completed although
Coz·:dgan and
Sto~Nell
hav,e men on the iob.
Paneling for the Board Room and Miss
Radmacher' s office ccntinv.es to be a point of con.t:i:oversy but since there is enough
for I\/bss Radmacher 1 s office thR,i: will be done and the replacement vvill be made
dedica.tio:n appears a. little J:isk:y ar:.d he ?ecoi"::in1ended postponir!l.g the dedication
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�- 2 painting the chain link £enc.:;: or replacing it {cost of paintings $550, and replacemen.t $790); painting the fence a;:ound H~e cooling tower on the west side at a cost
of $92. :)O; lea.kage at the canopy on. th~ west building be eiirninated by replacing
the pitch pans and repail·ing roof as needed at a cost of $825.
He said that if the
jobs are advertised the £igu.:i:es might be reduced some'l.:vhat; but he suggested
h~,ving
Stowel1 1 s contractor do foe work :rathe:r-tha,n trying to get someone to bid these
items,
Coun.sel1s copinion is that as 1011.g as it is ·,,vithin the scope of the contr.s<.ct
-----it is not necessary to advertise for bids.
Mr" Getty reported he is waiting to get
-:--------.::s.-ro..,..r,..,1.,..1°e-guarantees fox the woxk on foe eleva.toi· in. the west building.
consists of repairing the pump line at a. cost of $2, 057.
This work
The contractor would
guarantee the levelling portion for three months but the pump line and all parts
involved will be guaranteed for a. yeai·.
Under the provisions of the referendum
this could be in.eluded in the origin.al contract and thus become a. change order to
ou:i.· contract.
Mrs, Fiunte:;.· expJ;essecl her desire to go out for bids a!1.;.d made the
following motion which was seconded by Mrso Petty.
Motion:
Voting was as
That the Skokie Public Libra.ry Board go out for separate
bids cm. the four items as outlined: repla.cin.g the \i;lire in
the fence, doing the :roof 1·epairs, painting the cooling
tower, and replacing t:he pm.'1'11? line and levelling the
elevato1· after the repairs a:i;e done,
follows~
Dr. Wozniak, no; lvi:i::, Engel, no; Ivir:s.. Hunter, yes; Mr.
I-Iurnme1-, no;· Mrs. Petty, yes.
1vfodon. did not pc:.ss.
1:·/Iotion by lviro Hummer which
J:viotion:
Yi<il.S
seconded by Dr,
V1
ozniak.
Thc.:t tl~e Sl,;;.ol,ie Pu1jlic ·Library- Board at.1tho1.. ize the
arc!-1itect to proceed "\;Vith replc.. cin.g th.e fence as
requiJ:ed, painting around the cooling to-,;vers,
repaij:S to the elevator, and the fixing of the roof
as part cf refc.. rbishing the old building.
Voting ',;;_ras as follo·vvs~
Dr. Vvozniak, yes; :i\t'.Ir, Engel, no; Ivirs. Hunter, no;
some·;:n'2e to rela2.se additional fonds to
Th~
Slater Company.
His fi:rm went over
Slateris req.u5. sition and :foel $15, 000 is enough to retain fo1· what remains to be
clone..
.!.~lt~1.cugh theii· cor:.tr2~ct stipu~ated 10 o/o is to h·~ld until final completion,
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i~lu. g said~
in t!-1e contro.. ct 90 o Io is to· be po_.icl ~. .ncl 10 o Io l1eld back until firial com -
p!etion c.. n.c1 £i11.2.,l acceptance by tl'le Beard.
I:ttirs .. I-Iu11t.er e::;:pressecl l1e1.. dissatisf~c-
i:ioi'"l ~;~litr! tt-1e dra.i?eries an.d suggested sornethi1ig be done to make them· acceptable.
s~2ggested
:;:esolved.
pa-:;rme:.1.t be made o:n. tlJ.e condition that these matters
()f
di£fe1·er1ce be
Mr. Hug said.legally _would ;;i,pp:roach it so enough is withheld until the
job is dOl"le.
Iviotion by
r~llTo I-Iu.~.t1me1·.
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Motion:
That the Skokie Public Library Board release to
The Slater Comp2.ny, of !:he arnount stiil OYving, $20. 000.
lviotion d.ied for lack of a s ecolJ..d~
}\,/fr. Ham:n.on.d rnentioned }\ti:iss
::c~:t~
rna.inte11.a.rice of tl*1-e
6'.. ir
Rc.drn~.cher
co11:ditioningo
has been given several
Recomrnendatio:r1 \>Vas
mz~de
proposal~
that for the
Rabbi' lA eir~er suggested the Boaz",d not take a~ction on. this
}~a,1)'.':;i ~V\
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Iv.lotion~
.einer refe:+red. to tlJ.e c:a.te t:>f the -dedication origirtally set fo.r OCtober
Tl"lat tl1.e c~a.-Ce of Oct·obe:r 15 :- I: 972 \-r..rl'lich ~.f\ras p·revio~:.sly
set as tk1e -~ir.G ~ £or tL~e d.edica·~io~1. be pos tp,oned untii 'Clie.
a1.. c}1itects give u.s a.. fi~i.."TJ'.1 d~.. te 011 \;;;-}1ic:l1. vv·z can dcedic~te
-~his builcli2.g .
C·Cli
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·will have a via.rm feel - perhaps by putting in a.n area rng.
Other things she men-
tioned vvere co1'11.ce1·n of the 11.eiglJ.t of the 1·a.ilin_g arou.nd the top of the st.?..?irs and
the tempered glass.
any building.
She thinks everybody has a first feeling when. you
\e;1alk
into
In her opinion the best thing to be done at pxesen.t is get some up-
ho lste:ted furn.itu.re to place in. the lobby.
the Furniture Ma1·t.
She asked that a date be set to go to
Mrs. Petty expressed her ag:;;·eemer.ilt with Mrs. Hunter
about the lobby beil'&g very bare and that lvirs. Hunter should be give1'l authoriza.~ion,
as Chairmanof the Furnishings Committee, to see what can. be done,an.d
-.-------_,,.ile.J.:_e_d_to_assist M:i;s. Hunter.
Ivfotion by 1VIrs. Petty, seconded by Dr. Wozniak
which, on roH call vote, ca:r1·ied una.11.imously.
Motion:
To empower the Fu:rnishings Committee to investigate
'\vays and means for supplementary fu.1·n.ishin.gs for the
lobby and to present the recomm(;!ndations to this Board.
11'.Ir. Getty rDen.tion.ed. ski :ts Yi1ill be placed on. the sin.ks in washrooms.
1' 1fr,
Hammond s;;dd the1·e a:£:e a lot of little trees in. the h·on.t which must be
;rep~.aced but this is all u.n.de? guc..ra.n:tee.
Rabbi Vv ein.er said in this connection
there ·will be a meeting \.vith Ma.yo:t Smith, Beautification Commission and Village
PJ.a.nner for September 21 at
4~
15 p. m.
This concluded the Build.in.g Program report and Rabbi
I;\; ein~r
took up the
regular meeting agen.da.
Motion by Mr. Hurnmer, seconded by Dr. ·wozniak which, on roll call vote,
carried unanimously.
l\!1otion.:
Tha.t the fir1a1~cial sta.J.:er.nents fo:t~ the General Ope1·ati111g
B·uclget, R~se1~ve Fund for tl'le Pu:rc11.ase of Sites a.nd
Buildings, Construction Fund ar~d. No:rth Suburban Library
System Coo:i:dinated Acquisiti:on.s P:rog:1:am on American.
Literature be accepted an.d approved.; and that the lists of
bills £01-c tl1.e General Ope1--atir:.g Fl.1nd in the an'1ount ·of
~p 7, 702. 67; the Rese:;:ve Fc;;:;nd in the 2.moun.ts of $259 and
$3, J?5. 26; the T ,i1J:rar:f Co1"'2.struction. Fund in the amount of
~~36, 106 .. 13; and t.1--.te NSLS C.t.q,? in tl:.e alnount of ~Pl?6. 23~
be approved. :i0z- payment.
Gircu.latio:~
Repo:;;t for Au.gust and the NS::-_,S-RPB Report were
c~istdbu.ted
and
accepted and 01·dered placed on file'.
:?erson.nel v1as discussed a.nd Iv.Iiss Radmacher informed the Boa.rd of :recent
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to the staff as listecl on the
a~gen~lao
.!:.,. letter addressed to a pa?t-time 1·eference librarian, l\J.trs. Le:.1.ore Marti,
from a visiting school liJ::>r<:>sian was read.
The letter \vas complimentary to the
lib!"ary and staff,
Mrs. Huntei· had nothing to report on. the NSLS because the1·e w2.s n.o
meeting in August.
Miss Radmacher asked for discussion for p:rovision. io:r food and 1·efreshments
_:for the Chicago Library Club when they v;i 11 :rrieet here next spi-ing.
....,....-------~s~t ...{~:"'"'"ecLthat
...
·::i
Rabbi Weiner
inasmuch as this is a closed meeting comprising a specific membership
of librarians, and not a public meeting, the Libra17 comply with the type of meeting
to which the g:i.·oup .is accus~tomed,
The Library will not establish a formal policy
:for these occasions but proceed a.cl hoc,
The agreement to participate in the Reciprocal Bo:rJ:owing Agreement between
the Chicago Public Libra.ry Systen1 and the NSLS which wa.s approved two months
earlie:r ·,vas :formally signed.
M:r. Hummer :reporting on the dedication. plan.s sa.id he had a meeting :for
s~veral
hou:i.·s with his committee and i\lfiss Radmache1·,
He does not have a speaker
fox the <lay but has a tentative agenda, '\vhich is very subdu·ed from the odginz,,L
One
of the most important thirigs is that a beautiful layout for a booklet has been. designed which vvill be produced for the dedic<?J:ion.,
He will submit a formal re com -
menda.tion to th·a Board for approval when. ev'ei·ythin.g is assembled.
:reqtiested t11e
'if,
ein•3l'
2.sk~-:i
·bool~let
M::-s. Petty
ir1clude an expla1'lation of the \.vork tl1.at the 1£rustees do.
Rabbi
1'/Iro Hummer to take this ir>Ji.:O consideration.
Rabbi Weiner di:reci:ed the Board.:s discussion to disposition of the unusable
BE I1"l
this
ha~J'e
RSSOL\T~f<D
piece~·
of
p~l'"S::>na.. l
fu.~·~:l""le-.r L!.Se
to
t~-ie Sl'-ol~ie
that tlJ.e
prope1.. ty deemed. by
Public 'Lib1.. a1.. ;r; -.~vhich
p:re . .;.riously bee:n. o£1'·ered. to th.e "e,[illage of Sl'-01'-ie a.nd tl~e-sr r,3jected,
j302 ~"d
....
to ·be of no
be.sold '::Iithout ft1::th.e:r dela~to
The Resolution 1.vas accepted.
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lvliss Radmache:r discu.ssed s pecia.l p1·ograr::-::s to be held in addition to those
listed on the Septer:."lbe:i: Calendar.
Tv10 <:>.at:hors >.:vill appear:
Miss Jean Baer,
author of the book THE SECOND V\'}FE, and M.rs. Dorothy Briggs who \vili talk
on. nyou:;: Child 1 s SeJ..£ Esteem. iu Both are on radio or television. prog1·a:ms.
year another investment seminar is being held..
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experimental films and.
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This
T\vo film series will be held;
feature films; and special film programs to launch
the Chicago Symphony Program and Chica.go 'Lyric Opera.
Saturday Night,
_§eptember 30, Guitarist Stephen B:ell \.vill pel·:fol·m under the auspices of the
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Arts Commission.
}.;lrs. Hunter asked about setting up some kind <:;if a memorial fund whereby
people can donate in someone is name to the Library.
She will present a specific
plan a.t the next meeting"
!vfiss Radmacher distributed copies of a memorandum from John W. Lewis,
Secl~etary
of State and State Librarian, re Ethics Disclosures.
Meetir1g
ad~journed.
at 10: 30 p . :rn . on n::iotion by IVIrt. I-iumrner.
Miss Radmacher a.sked to :reconvene foJ: one mo1·e item of busin.i3Ss.
Mr.
Ray Krier contacted her to ask for the use of the Skokie Public Library as a
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polling place fox the November election.
has been divided into two precincts.
only poll in this a:rea.
B.egistration is October 10.
In the past years the Village Hall was the
Space is needed which could be accornmodated in our
kbby around the doo:cs to the Lectu1·e Room.
by Mr. Engel which, on roll call vote,
Motion~
This area
Iv1otion. by Dr. v'\ ozni;:,.k, seconded
«::a>1·1~ied
unanimously.
That the Skokie Public Library Board grant permission
for the use of a portion of the lobby a.s a polling place
for the coming election.
Meeti11g adjourned at 10:45
p~ lTio
Sel1na Petty
Secretary
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