Minutes of
the Meeting of the Board of Trustees
of the
June 25, 2008
Board Member Tim Opremcak called the meeting to order
at 7:30 p.m. in the Bernards
Township Library Lower Level Conference Room.
2.
SUNSHINE LAW REMINDER
In accordance with the requirements of the Open Public
Meetings Law of 1975, notice of the meeting was posted on the bulletin board in
the Reception Hall of the Municipal Building, Collyer
Lane, Basking Ridge and the Bernards Township Library Public Notices bulletin
board; was mailed to The Bernardsville
News, Bernardsville; was filed with the Township Clerk; and was posted on
both the Township’s website and the Library’s website.
3.
ROLL CALL
Present: Wilma Harner, Rima
Khalil, John Malay, Mary Jane McNally, Tim Opremcak, Marie Schelfaut
Absent: Lois
Bloom, Joan Graff, Tracy Redling
4.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Richard Fiander,
·
the
timing of staff evaluations and goal reporting,
·
the
disposition of suggested policies at past Board meetings,
·
the
content of the March minutes,
·
the
library’s emergency response plan, and
·
the confidentiality of exit interviews.
5.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
MOTION 08-22 was made by Rima
Khalil and seconded by John Malay to approve the
minutes of the May 28, 2008 meeting as written.
The motion carried unanimously.
6.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
·
No report.
7.
DIRECTOR’S REPORT
·
Ms Meany drew the Board’s attention to the results
of the Bernards Township Customer Service Report gathered at the request of the
Township Committee. Responses for the
Library show a high degree of satisfaction with the customer service
received. Of 376 respondents, all but
one are overwhelmingly satisfied with the service
provided by the Library.
·
Goals and Objectives will be going online. The form will be loaded soon. Staff sign in and timesheets are going online
also.
·
The Children’s Library probably will not institute
the self-checkout system because the cost does not seem to be justified.
·
Mid-year evaluations will be concluded by the end of
June.
·
Library directional signs have been ordered by
Thomas Timko, Assistant Township Engineer. The signs will be installed in the four
previously determined sites.
·
The Library is hiring Jane Stumpf
as full-time librarian in the Children’s Library replacing Ellen Stork who has
been promoted to Supervising Librarian.
Jane will start August 11.
8.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
A.
Treasurer/Finance—
Children’s programming has used 86% of
its allocation because of summer programs.
Other lines appear to be on target.
B. Friends
of the Library Liaison—Wilma Harner
No report
C. Land
and Building—Rima Khalil
The re-roofing project is stalled because the architect
quit. Anne will get firm start/finish
dates from the contractor. If the vendor
cannot provide this, then we will go back to Francis Decibus
and John Bellardo.
According to the contract, if the Library delays the project until
September, then the project will cost more.
D. Legislation—Mary
Jane McNally
The state’s FY09 budget has not been signed yet, so there is
no definite update regarding library aid or funding for databases next year.
E. Personnel—
Included in the Director’s report
No report
G. Programming—
Included in the Director’s Report
H.
Technology—Mary Jane McNally
Included in the Director’s Report
I. Township
Committee Liaison—John Malay
9.
OLD BUSINESS
·
Library
Planning Update.
10. NEW BUSINESS
There was no New Business.
11. ADJOURNMENT
·
MOTION 08-23 was made by John Malay and seconded by Wilma
Harner to adjourn the meeting at 8:13 p.m. The motion carried unanimously.
·
The
next meeting of the Bernards Township Library Board of Trustees will be 7:30
p.m., Wednesday, September 24, 2008 in the Lower Level Conference Room of the
Library.