lba20090923MUSKEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
Muskego Public Library Room #6
September 23, 2009
1. Call to Order: President D. Dominski called the meeting to order at 7:03 PM.
2. Roll Call: Also present were N. Borgman, R. Brunk, K. Hammitt, K. Huebner, R. Jankowski, R. Rivard
and Director J. Genzel. J. De Vito-Scalzo and S. Gould were absent.
3. Pledge of Allegiance: recited.
4. Statement of Public Notice: Given in accordance with the open meeting law on September 19, 2009.
5. Approval of Minutes: N. Borgman moved to approve minutes of the August 26, 2009 meeting and K.
Hammitt seconded. Motion carried.
6. Next Meeting Scheduled October 28, 2009.
7. Treasurer’s Report: R. Rivard moved and R. Jankowski seconded a motion to approve payment of
September expenses of $66,386.71. Motion carried. R. Rivard moved and R. Jankowski seconded a
motion to approve payment of WCFLS September expenses of $3,694.88. Motion carried.
8. Communications
a. Communications: Received a Thank You letter from the Muskego food pantry. A patron email
about enhancing the children’s section was distributed. The discussion focused on making the
section more user friendly.
b. Guest Comments: None.
c. Comment Forms: Forms were circulated.
9. Old Business
a. FOL: Planning for Murder & Mayhem continues. WCFLS friends groups have met to discuss
member retention.
b. Trust Fund: $12,890.79.
c. Librarian’s Report: The report was distributed. The bake sale proceeds of $346.48 were
donated to the Muskego food pantry.
d. Interlibrary Cooperation: None.
e. Review of Job Descriptions: Reviewed all of the Librarian I jobs.
f. Long Range Planning: Review the 2005-07 plan. Set goals and determine how to achieve
them. We should set 3-7-10 year plans. Review the HAPLER report to see where we stand.
Ask Tom Hennen to lead the discussion. The LRP should be the road map to the success of
the operation and drive everything that the library does. The plan should be reviewed annually
for adjustments.
10. New Business
a. Library Board Policy Changes: Current policy is that a library card is necessary to check out
material. After a lot of discussion N. Borgman moved to allow one lookup of patron’s card
record per quarter with no charge and a $5 charge for subsequent lookups. R. Rivard
seconded and the motion carried. Cell phone/pager policy change will be on next months
agenda to review wording of the current policy.
b. Consider closed session for job descriptions: Consider non-supervisory tasks of the Asst.
Director position being assigned to a union represented position.
c. Resolve Pending Fine Disputes: None.
d. Library Technology Update: None.
11. Motion to Adjourn: Moved by N. Borgman, seconded by R. Brunk at 8:32 PM.
Russ Jankowski
Secretary