lbm20080528MUSKEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
Muskego Public Library Room #6
May 28, 2008
1. Call to Order: President D. Dominski called the meeting to order at 7:04 PM.
2. Roll Call: Also present were N. Borgman, S. Gould, R. Jankowski, S. Oneson, S. Snyder and Director
H. Sanhuber. J. De Vito-Scalzo, K. Huebner and J. Schroeder were absent.
3. Pledge of Allegiance: recited.
4. Statement of Public Notice: Given in accordance with the open meeting law on May 20, 2008.
5. Approval of Minutes: S. Gould moved to approve minutes of the April 23, 2008 meeting and S.
Snyder seconded. Motion carried.
6. Next Meeting Scheduled June 25, 2008.
7. Treasurer’s Report: S. Snyder moved R. Jankowski seconded motion to approve payment of May
expenses of $68,112.42. Motion carried. S. Snyder m oved R. Jankowski seconded motion to approve
payment of WCFLS May expenses of $3,640.25. Motion carried.
8. Communications
a. Communications: None.
b. E-mail of materials: It was decided to only get the cover sheets of the financial reports.
Everything else will be mailed.
c. Guest Comments: None.
d. Comment Forms: Forms were circulated. There was a lot of discussion on the problem of a
circ desk employee helping a patron with book selection and when asked for help at another
time said it was against policy for her to help. Job descriptions and labor union classifications
do not allow the employee to work out of class.
9. Old Business
a. FOL: We made $9,312.08 at the Wine tasting. There will be a raffle basket meeting on June
3rd at 8 am and the next board meeting is on June 16th at 7 pm, both in meeting room 6 in
the library.
b. Trust Fund: $42,729.23.
c. Librarian’s Report: Read and placed on file. Book Page and library calendar were circulated.
Sonia Danuser is resigning effective May 31st.
d. WCFLS: The System is doing long-range planning. There are van delivery problems with
sorting material. A committee was formed to resolve handling on a local basis.
10. New Business
a. Pending Fine Disputes: Patron wanted $32 fine for overdue videos forgiven. There were no
mitigating circumstances to forgive the fine. Since the patron wanted to pay by credit card, we
should check to see if the library can get access to a machine. N. Borgman moved to refuse
the forgiveness of the fine and Holly will respond to the patron with the board’s decision. R.
Jankowski seconded and the motion carried.
b. Automation/Technology: The redesign of the web page has generated a lot of complaints.
Time-Warner is still working on the video feed in meeting room 6. The WIFI problems with
Ethostream have not been resolved.
c. Library Services and Budget: We should have preliminary budget info at the next meeting.
Taking the library budget off of the tax roll and putting it on as a service, as refuse and
recycling would avoid budget cap restrictions. This may not be a popular move because the
fees may not be deductible on personal income taxes.
d. Long Range Planning: The WCFLS public opinion survey summary, DLTCL newsletter and
Wisconsin Public Library services data were distributed.
e. Amphitheater Project: Eagle Scout Sam Weiss provided an update on the project. R.
Jankowski will contact Sam with info for documentation prior to dispersal of FOL funds.
f. Nominating Committee: S. Gould and N. Borgman were appointed.
11. Motion to Adjourn: Moved by N. Borgman, seconded by S. Gould at 8:38 PM.
Russ Jankowski
Secretary