CLIO AREA LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES

JULY 8 2009

 

The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by President Mike Zinn.  Those present were:  Mike Zinn, Sue Thomas, Sandra Vuillemot, Sue Smith, Bonnie Fureight as a sub for Eileen Marshall, librarian Darwin McGuire; and GLD representative Kelly Richard and guest Stephanie Smith.  Absent were Eileen Marshall and Gregg Bryan.

 

COMMUNICATIONS:  Scott’s Cleaning Service sent at letter that will be on file.

 

MINUTES:  A motion by S. Smith to approve the minutes of May 13, 2009,  seconded by S. Thomas.  All yeas.  A motion by S. Thomas to approve the  minutes of June 10, 2009, seconded by S. Smith.  All yeas.

 

LIBRARIAN’S REPORT:  The door count is still up and the circulation is still up by 6.64%.  The total of  8 storytime sessions in June were attended by a total of 121 children, and 74 adults.  The Glue and Go Costumes attracted 11 children and 6 adults.  On June 26 Baffling Bill the magician entertained 37 adults, 41 children and 7 teens.  So the programs are being well attended.

July programs were listed in the June minutes and the programs for September will be Storytime with Ms. Susan beginning on the 14th and running thru October 26th except for October 12th when the library will be closed.  Preschoolers begin at 9:30 and another session at 10:30.  On September 22, the State Of Michigan will present a 90 minute program on personal investing followed by the opportunity for individual consultations.   This program will begin at 6:00 p.m.  On October 3rd at 1:00 p.m. Elyse Louray of the PBS program History Detectives will speak about the interesting aspects of show. 

 

BILLS:  A motion by S. Thomas to approve the bills in the amount of $4,721.16 which includes the bill from Power Source to clean the air conditioning units.  Which should be cleaned by spraying with a hose to get the dirt out of the units at least twice a season,

 

TREASURER’S REPORT:  A motion by S. Thomas to approve the Treasurer’s report of June 30, 2009, seconded by S. Smith.  All yeas.

 

CUSTODIAN’S REPORT:  None

 

OLD BUSINESS:  B. Fureigh presented the material list for the completion of the dumpster enclosure.  A motion by B. Fureigh to have Randy Dodge build the dumpster enclosure and to make sure the $471.31 all ready paid to Clio Lumber will be used and the total cost not to exceed $2,000.00, seconded by S. Smith.  All yeas.  Thetford library agreement will be discussed again next month when G. Bryan can report.  Carpet cleaning bids were received  from X-Trac at $750.00, Stanley Steamer was well over a $1,000.00, Carpet Wise which GDL uses was $425.00.  A motion by S. Vuillemot to accept the bid from Carpet Wise, seconded by S. Smith.  All yeas.

 

NEW BUSINESS:  The air conditioner condensers could not get any air because of dirt buildup.  This means they need to be hosed off  periodically.   Worthing’s had to install a new air conditioner and they had one in the warehouse and sold it to us for $2,300.00.  Stacy did an impact study on the library being open on Sunday.  Since we are the only northern GDL library that is open on Sundays and the door count is rising on Sunday’s as people get used to us being open the board feels we need to stay open.

 

ADJOURNMENT:  A motion by S. Smith to adjourn at 6:23 p.m., seconded by S. Vuillemot.  All yeas.

 

THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON AUGUST 8, 2009 AT 5:30 P.M.

 

                                                                                                Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

 

                                                                                                Sandra Vuillemot, Secretary