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MUSKEGO PUBLIC LIBRAhY BOMD
CITY HALL
Leichtfuss, Sanders, and Director Holly Sanhuber.
Present: Board members Christ,enson, i'lundro, Roberson, Wolf, Buhrandt,
Meeting was called to order 2.t 7:3O by President Christenson.
of the Decem br 4, 1990 meeting were approved on motion J. Wolf,
Agenda was approved on motion J. ';!o11', second C. Buhra.ndt. Kinutes
second C. Buhrandt. Next meeting scheduled February 5, 1391.
Treasurer's report: Motion J. 'dolf, second J. ltoberson to apy~rove December expenditures - 1390 budget in amount of $13,560.35. Notion
carried. iqotion J. Wolf', sec:ond J. Roberson to approve December.
Kotion J. iNolI, second J. koberSon to ap~prove December expenditures-
WFLS expenditures-1990 budget in amount of $5,529.40. Motion carried.
second J. Roberson to approvc December WCFLS expenditures-1991 budKet
1991 budget in amount of .$64'.57. Motion carried. Flotion~ J. Wolf,
in amount of $84.58. Motion carried.
Communications :
K. Christenson was congrn-:u.lated on his three year appointment
as Trustee( on the VICE'LS Board.
on Jan.uary 13.
1nvita.tion to dedication of Brookfield Public Library new addition
Notice of the 7th Annual Library Legislation Day, February 21, Madison.
Guest comments: none
Old Business:
Craft Yair, and response has been good. Letters to prior exhibitors
Friends of the Library: publicity has started~ on the Ma.rch 3
are being mailed January 3.
Trust Fund: no report
Librarian's report: read 2nd iplaced on file. (copy attached)
November 29-CONFIfiiATION OF '91 OOUNTY AND CliOSSOVFK BORRO!i' PUNDIMG
Interlibrary cooperation: Memo received €rom Kathy tiosz dated
balance of $22,452--from County l'und $17,872, and from State Fund
(COUNTY ANI) STATE AID :PAYYLL'N~'S) showing Muskego Public Library net
ij4,580. Xemo received from Kathy Gosz dated December 11 INTEKSYSTSB
ON SITS BOKRO'NING PAY9XNTS I990 showing Muskego Public Libra.0 re-
imbursement for borrowing $27,851 .OO.
Automation: Holly gave update on City automation, and advised
she is workin.g with the new Director of Information Services Joseph
Somme rs .
New Business:
da.te on VIE120 POLICIIE AND PliOCEDUY?ES as printed with noted changes.
I'lotion C. Buhrandt,second J. Roberson the €irst reading be this
Motion carried.
for volunteers under the age of 16, and will report findings.
PLAN 1991-1395 wamassigned for discussion at the February meeting.
Jane Plundro will lead the di.scussion.
Meeting adjourned at 8:25 on motion J. Wolf.
Holly is in contact with city insurance advisor regarding liability
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January 2, 1991
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
1990 circulation was 136,598, IJP 10,000 from last year, despite
December's miserable showing o:E less than 8,000 checkout. How
times change! I remember when we would have been awed by a
were closed seven days.
checkout of 8,000. Of course, between weather and holidays we
The Milwaukee Journal was grossly in error when they reported that
our fines were now $1.00 a day. The press release (copies
distributed) was quite clear that it was INTERLIBRARY LOAN fines
which were increasing, and it qave a detailed explanation of the
process and value of ILL.
The collection agency we had used last year intimated that our
account was too small for their consideration, so we are going to
try Transworld Systems of Milwaukee. As indicated in the
library's schedule of fees, the service charge from the agency is
being passed on to the library user in question.
Wausau Insurance walked through to see if we had taken their
suggestions with regard to safety measures, and found that we had,
mainly thanks to the city's maintenance crew.
The new maintenance person, Henry Posbrig, has done a super job of
repairing the pillars in the 1:ibrary. The plastic corner covers
patched and repainted the pillars, and replaced the plastic corner
shields.
We will be advertising to fill the new Library Clerk job as soon
as possible.
I had a call from a board member who suggested that we might
meetings and the possibility of structuring the agenda so that
consider a 7 P.M. starting time, discuss the length of the
such as Friends of the Library, to come later. Since the agendas
urgent items were resolved earlier in the meeting, with reports,
had already gone out, I said I would put the item in the
librarian's report so that the Board would be prepared to discuss
these ideas as an agenda item in February.
had pulled away, leaving unsightly goudges in the plaster. Henry