CLIO AREA LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES

JANUARY 10, 2007

 

The meeting was called to order at 5:31 p.m. by President Mike Zinn.  Those present were:  Mike Zinn, Sue Thomas, Sandra Vuillemot, Ethel Howell, Sue Smith, Robert Smith (alternate for Eileen Marshall), custodian Brian Vuillemot, librarian Darwin McGuire, and GDL representative Kelly Richard, and guest Chuck Howell.

 

COMMUNICATIONS:  Letter was received from the Senior Center Board stating they did not intend to pay the bill for the repairs to the front doors.  Vienna Township has paid this bill from the Senior Center budget.  The letter will be filed.

 

MINUTES:  A motion by S. Thomas to accept the minutes of December 11, 2006, seconded by S. Smith.  All yeas.

 

LIBRARIAN’S REPORT:  December door count was down due to the holidays, but circulation is up 30% for the year.  On December 5th three adults attended an open computer lab and two adults attended a class “Intro to Word Processors”.  On December 9th ten adults and seven children attended “Drummunity”, a program about drums.  Three people attended the book group on December 9th.  The library was decorated for the holidays by the staff and the patrons were appreciative.

 

BILLS:  A motion by E. Howell to pay the bills in the amount of $4,213.91, seconded by S. Vuillemot.  All yeas.

 

TREASURER’S REPORT:  A motion by S. Thomas to accept the Treasurer’s report of December 31, 2006, seconded by E. Howell.  All yeas.

 

CUSTODIAN’S REPORT:  Mens bathroom has been painted and it covered the graffiti.  The dumpster will be moved to the proper place.  Brain needs to have 2 sets of library keys made, one for the fire department and one for Vienna Township.  S. Thomas will contact the alarm company and give them the code for the Genesee District Library employees.

 

OLD BUSINESS:  A letter was requested to be written to Dale Canterbury concerning the repairs of the distribution desk that he build and installed in July, 2006.  The letter will be sent registered.

 

NEW BUSINESS:  The audit was passed out by S. Thomas and was gone over by the board.  A motion by E. Howell to accept the audit by Plate, Moran, seconded by S. Thomas.  All yeas.  The board ask Darwin to present it with a wish list for what he would like the upstairs to be used for after the Senior Center moves.  When considering the new budget the repairs and changes that need to be made to the upstairs will come from the Fund Balance.

 

ADJOURNMENT:  A motion by S. Smith to adjourn at 6:30 p.m., seconded by S. Thomas.  All yeas.

 

THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 14, 2007 AT 5:30 P.M.

 

                                                                                    Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

 

                                                                                    Sandra Vuillemot, Secretary