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MUSKEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
Muskego Public Library Room #5
February 28, 2007
1. Call to Order: President D. Dominski called the meeting to order at 7:02 PM.
2. Roll Call: Also present were S. Gould, R. Jankowski, R. Melcher, R. Rammer and Director H. Sanhuber. J. De Vito-Scalzo, K. Huebner, S. Oneson, and S. Snyder were absent.
3. Pledge of Allegiance: recited.
4. Statement of Public Notice: Given in accordance with the open meeting law on February 22, 2007.
5. Approval of Minutes: R. Melcher moved to approve minutes of the January 24, 2007 meeting and S. Gould seconded. Motion carried.
6. Next Meeting Scheduled March 28, 2007.
7. Treasurer’s Report: R. Jankowski moved R. Rammer seconded motion to approve payment of February expenses of $24,510.72. Motion carried. R. Jankowski moved R. Rammer seconded
motion to approve payment of WCFLS February expenses of $1,079.18. Motion carried.
8. Communications
a. Communications: None.
b. Guest Comments: None.
c. Comment Forms: The information was circulated.
9. Old Business
a. FOL: The next planning meeting is scheduled for March 6 at 8 AM in the library.
b. Trust Fund: $47,257.22 at last report.
c. Librarian’s Report: Read and placed on file. An Intro to Excel course has been scheduled. Aldo Leopold presentation on March 31 via a Wisconsin Humanities Council grant that
Jane wrote. Intro to Excel handout, Jane's blog info, Book Page and Amphitheatre news article were circulated.
d. WCFLS: SIRSI will be unavailable on March 1 from 9-11 pm due to a software installation.
10. New Business
a. Pending Fine Disputes: None.
b. Automation/Technology: The Butler library is now up on SIRSI. Café is getting cost figures in case Menominee Falls or New Berlin join. Purchasing shared databases last year
saved $72,000. Overdrive usage has been very high since Christmas. Downloadable video is the next project for Overdrive.
c. Annual Report: Holly gave an overview of the annual report. President D. Dominski and Director H. Sanhuber signed the report. The statistical summary was distributed.
d. System Effectiveness: President D. Dominski signed the Statement of Library System Effectiveness.
e. Customer Survey: R. Melcher volunteered to work on survey development. With 7,739 households in the city, the sample size should be 913. We should send 2,150 surveys to get
the approximate results. R. Rammer mentioned surveymonkey.com as a possible source of an online survey. There was a discussion on survey contents and Holly will work on a draft for
the next meeting.
f. Director Evaluation Process: A job description and a job evaluation form were distributed. Holly will check library policy for changes we may need to make. We need to determine
parameters and how evaluation should be done.
11. Motion to Adjourn: Moved by R. Rammer, seconded by R. Melcher at 8:19 PM.
Russ Jankowski
Secretary