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August 12, 1964
The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Skokie
Public Library was held August 12 at 7:30 p. m. , in the Conference Room
of the Skokie Public Library.
Members present:
Conroy V. Erickson, Mrs. W. C. Griffin,
L. O. Green, Louis Weingart, Rabbi Karl Weiner and Miss Mary Radmacher,
Librarian.
Also present: Mrs. Karen, representative from the League
of Women Voters, Mr. James W. Hammond, architect, and Mrs. M. Sarver,
for the purpose of recording the minutes.
The President, L. O. Green, called the meeting to order at 7:45 p. m.
The minutes of the meeting held July 8, copies of which had previously been distributed, were approved on the following motion by Mr. Weingart
and seconded by Rabbi Weiner.
Motion:
That the minutes of the meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Skokie Public Library held
July 8, 1964, be approved as read.
All members voted affirmatively.
Motion by Mr. Weingart and seconded by Rabbi Weiner.
Motion:
That the financial reports for the Operating Fund,
Reserve for the Purchase of Sites and Buildings
and the Library Construction Fund be accepted.
All members voted affirmatively.
Motion by Mrs. W.
Motion:
C~
Griffin and seconded by Mr. Weingart.
That the list of bills in the amount of five thousand
eight hundred fifty-seven dollars and seventy-four
·, cents(.$5, 857. 74) be approi;'ed for payment.
All members voted affirmatively.
The President ordered the Circulation Report for the month
of July placed on file.
A copy of the fuel oil bid tabulation was distributed to each member
and the following motion was moved by Mr. Weingart and seconded by Mr. Erickson.
�Motion:
That the bid of the Apex Fuel Oil Company
to supply heating oil to the Skokie Public
Library for the 1964 - 1965 season be
accepted at their price of • 0839 per gallon.
All members voted affirmative ly.
At this time the President requested a discussion of the proposed
easement of the driveway in the preliminar y plans for the expansion of the present building.
Mr. James W. Hammond, architect, distributed copies of the
changes made showing a continuing one -way lane of traffic from the rear of the
Library to the Village parking lot.
Mr. Green stated that in order to work this
driveway and parking situation out to the best advantage for all there would be
an exchange of some property with the Village.
plans for parking.
The Board approved the revised
The plans will be sent to Mr. Shafer for considerati on when
setting up the land for the open land grant.
The President asked for a discussion concerning inclusion of a
little theatre in the plans for a branch library.
The need for this facility was
mentioned quite emphatical ly by Skokie Columnist Jean Doney.
Points of dis-
cussion were: whether a little theatre should be located in a branch library
especially so close to the school with its auditorium or in a Civic Center;
should the Library venture into this from a standpoint of responsibil ity and
expense; and would this belong to the Park District or some other group.
The
President then appointed Rabbi Weiner and Mr. Erickson a committee to
explore what the feeling of the voters is and what responsibil ity would be involved.
Mr. Green asked Mr. Hammond to make a more detailed floor
plan of the buildings for preparation of and incorporati on in a brochure for
publicity use.
The President instructed the architect to provide for a basement
in the branch library.
At this time the President read the proposal from Hammond and
Roesch for preparation of preliminar y plans, sketches and cost estimates for
submitting a referendum for a total amount of $7, 500.
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The following motion
�motion was made by Mr. Erickson and seconded by Rabbi Weiner.
Motion:
That the Skokie Public Library Board of
Directors authorize Hammond and R9esch
to proceed with the preparation of preliminary
plans, sketches and cost estilnates for submitting a referendum, up to a maximum cost
of seventy-five hundred dollars ($7500).
All members voted affirmativ~lyi;j
\;p.
The President was requested to arrange an early meeting with
the Mayor, Village Board and the Library Board.
The advantages of having a resident engineer during construction
of the buildings was discussed with the Architect and Librarian and recommendation made that this be
done~i
Copies of a proposal for installing an IBM system were
distribufed to the members of the Board for their study.
A letter from Mayor Greisdorf with reference to displaying war
mementos awarded to Russel Stover Wilkins, a deceased former resident of·
this area, was read.
The Board recommended that the letter be returned to
the Mayor with regrets that the Library does not have facilities available for
such a display.
Bank vault keys held by Mr. Weingartand Mrs. Petty will be
given to Miss Radmacher for access to the safe deposit box to store deeds
and valuable papers.
The meeting was adjourned at 9: 10 p. m. on motion by
Mr. Weingart and seconded by Rabbi Weiner.
M. S. Sarver for Selma Petty
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Minutes, Wednesday, August 12, 1964
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Skokie Public Library. Board of Trustees
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Sarver, M.S. (Secretary)
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Skokie Public Library, Skokie, IL
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1960s
library board meetings