lbm20001227MUSKEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
Muskego Rrbnc Librmy Room S
December 27,2000
2. Roll Call: Also present were D. Carter, C). Dominski. R. Jankowski, C. Schwalbach. C. Wichgers. B.
1. Call to Order: The meeting was called 181 order by President Christenson at 7:OSP.M.
3. Statement of Public Notice: Given in accordance with the open meeting law on December 20,
4. Approval of Minutes: Minutes of the November 29, 2000 meeting were approved on motion by D.
5. Next Meeting Scheduled: January 24, :!001.
6. Treasurer's Report: R. Christenson mowed R. Jankowski seconded motion to approve payment of
expenses to date of $15.187.21, Motion carried. R. Christenson moved R. Jankowski seconded
motion to approve WCFLS expenses to date of $2455.95. Motion carried. R. Christenson moved R.
Jankowski seconded motion to approve Building expense of 3017,75. Motion carried.
Yahr, and Director H. Sanhuber. R. Rammer and T Uttke were absent.
2000.
Carter seconded by C. Schwalbach.
7. Communications
a. Communications: Patron commfmts circulated. Patron complaint about an organization not
gelling the same room every mctnth. Board policy is that rooms are reserved by date Of
application. Ray will call organization and re-explain board policy. Don Carter is resigning
from the board.
b. Guest Comments: None.
a. FOL. Craft fair volunteers will bo handled by Dorothy Pratt.
b. Trust Fund: $31,621.88 as of thc latest report.
c. Librarian's Report: Read and placed on file. New chairs for the children's area are here.
d. WCFLS: Distributed System nevrsletler and APL report. We will have a copy of the System
Looking for artists to decorate canvas panels between the adult and children's area.
contract to be signed at the next meeting.
8. Old Business
9. New Business
a. Pending Fine Disputes: None.
b. AutomatiorVTechnology: None.
c. Long Range Planning: Survey fclrms will be placed in the library next week.
d. Provision ofCo&e: Lots of diwlssion on location of coffee. Board would like to try it on a
trial basis in a meeting room. Remodeling the library would be cost prohibitive for a trial. A
small percent of patrons would like coffee in the library. Holly will reedit drafl response for
review at the next meeting.
e. 2001 Fee Schedule: D. Carler rnoved for approval of second reading with revised meeting
room schedule and recalculated non-resident fee. C. Wichgen seconded. Motion carried.
f. Meeting Room Policy: B. Yahr moved for approval of second reading. Seconded by C.
Schwalbach. Motion carried.
g. New Hire: C. Wichgers moved f'x approval of promotion of Tina Weiss from library aide to
librarian I. R. Jankowski seconded. Motion carried.
10. All Other Matters: R. Jankowski movecl to commend Don Carter for his ten years of Service on the
library board and his chairmanship of lhms building committee. 8. Yahr seconded. Motion carried.
Ald. Wichgers's family was congratulated on the birth of a baby girl.
11. Motion to Adjourn: Moved by D. Carter seconded by C. Wichgers at 9:00 PM.
Russ Jankowski
Secretary
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LIBI3ARIANS REPORT
NovenlberlDecember. 2000
We were without computer service for the best (or worst!) part of a week. Among the problems
were new routers needed, and a cable being cut. As you can imagine, we were lefl scrambling,
but we did manage to clean up some behincCthe-scenes things which had been lefl for want of
time. As always, the unflappable staff pitched in without complaint.
We have our first roof leak - on the west :side, between Charlene's office and the west exit door.
Since we use the author names as reference points, we'd say it's located "down James
Fenirnore Cooper." George, Shawn, the IMayor, and GWJ are working on it. Buckets, and
moving book8 out of the way are the ordw of the day. Look on the bright side: At least library
staff are not the ones shoveling snow off the rwf.
We did a very popular "turkey preparation" handout-one of those annual holiday questlons.
As you may have heard, a new law will require schools and libraries to use filters for the
getting something out to all of us soon.
Internet. At this point, I assume we are covered by using 'Bess," but I'm sure the system will be
Spitzner's has been sending us flowers and plants when they have "extra." The latest was a
lovely poinsettla. We also recelved one from Erma Kelber.
We received $250 from the library systern to purchase next summer's reading program
materials. e.g. reading records, posters, bookmarks, etc.
of the year, you can get an account here,, and afler you're registered, retrieve e-books from any
Librarians from the county came here to receive instruction on the abook grants. Afler the first
computer. They check out for 24 hours, :and automatically check themselves back in. If you
want to see what an e-book looks like belfore then, get on the lnternef and go to Project
Gutenberg. The homepage URL is mpromo.netlw/.
NOVEMBER I999 2000
Checkout 8,768
Shelving
Traffic
14,448
4,6!39
Per day average 2154
Questions 2,4!35
On-line catalog searches 8,9'19
Computer registration
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