CLIO AREA LIBRARY BOARD TRUSTEE MEETING

 

August 18, 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, Gregg Bryan, Sue Smith, Eileen Marshall, librarian Darwin McGuire, GDL representative Kelly Richard and guest Bob Smith.

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COMMUNICATIONS:  The View magazine and a Thank You note from Worthings.  Both will be put on file.

 

MINUTES:  A motion by S. Smith to approve the minutes of July 8, 2009, seconded by G. Bryan.  All yeas.

 

LIBRARIAN’S REPORT:  Door count for July is up about 90 people per day and the circulation is up 7.8%.  On July 9th “How To Become a Magician” presented by Ming the Magnificent was attended by 40 children and 18 adults.  On July 23rd Cirque Amongus attracted 46 children and 32 adults.  On July 23rd five acts participated in the Teenfusion Talent Show which was 10 teens, 8 adults and 1 child.  Five teens and 2 adults participated in the Flint Institute of Arts sculpture workshop.  Programs for September and October are listed in last months minutes.

 

BILLS:  A motion by E. Marshall to approve payment of the bills in the amount of $5,356.70, seconded by S. Thomas.  All yeas.  These bills included the cost of the audit by Platt/Moran.

 

TREASURER’S REPORT:  A motion by E. Marshall to approve the Treasurer’s report of July 31, 2009, seconded by G. Bryan.  All yeas.

 

CUSTODIAN’S REPORT:  None

 

OLD BUSINESS:  Thetford Township has not paid its budget money as of yet.  Clyde Howd has been made aware of the matter and it will be paid but a budget adjustment will be needed to be approved by the Board.  A copy of the March 2009 approval of the budget will be sent to Mr. Howd by Stacy and S. Thomas will send a copy of the deed to G. Bryan.  S. Vuillemot will e-mail of copy of the new agreement minus the changes to M. Zinn and G. Bryan.  E. Marshall spoke with Randy Dodge about the dumpster enclosure project.  S. Thomas will call Menard’s giving Randy permission to charge the added materials.  Randy will compare prices between Menard’s and Clio Lumber.  After further discussion G. Bryan moved to put the dumpster enclosure on hold and have Randy remove what has been done, seconded by E. Marshall.  All yeas.  The project will be addressed again at a later date.

 

NEW BUSINESS:  None

 

COMMENTS:  K. Richard was very pleased by comments made by G. Bryan about the success of the programs planned for Clio and how many patrons are using the library.  S. Smith spoke about how easy it is to order books on e-mail so they are at the library when she wants them.  D. McGuire thanked the board for working so hard to keep the library in such good working order. 

 

ADJOURNMENT:  A motion by E. Marshall to adjourn the meeting at 6:15 p.m., seconded by S. Smith.  All yeas.

 

THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 AT 5:30 P. M.

 

                                                                        Respectfully Submitted,

 

 

 

                                                                        Sandra Vuillemot, Secretary