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MUSKEGO PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
Muskego Public Library Room #5
August 22, 2007
1. Call to Order: President D. Dominski called the meeting to order at 6:02 PM.
2. Roll Call: Also present were J. De Vito-Scalzo, S. Gould, K. Huebner, R. Jankowski, R. Melcher, J. Schroeder, S. Snyder and Director H. Sanhuber. S. Oneson was absent.
3. Pledge of Allegiance: recited.
4. Statement of Public Notice: Given in accordance with the open meeting law on August 13, 2007. A quorum notice was also posted for the Jane Hamilton talk.
5. Approval of Minutes: R. Melcher moved to approve minutes of the July 25, 2007 meeting and S. Gould seconded. Motion carried.
6. Next Meeting Scheduled September 26, 2007.
7. Treasurer’s Report: S. Snyder moved R. Jankowski seconded motion to approve payment of August expenses of $65,625.18. Motion carried. S. Snyder moved R. Jankowski seconded
motion to approve payment of WCFLS August expenses of $6,846.72.
8. Communications
a. Communications: None.
b. New Board Member: Joe Schroeder was introduced as the new School District member on the board.
c. Guest Comments: Sam Weiss gave an update on the amphitheater project.
d. Comment Forms: They were circulated.
9. Old Business
a. FOL: Movie night was successful. We received a $712 grant from the Wisconsin Humanities Council for A More Perfect Union: Wisconsin Reads. Ben Merens of Wisconsin Public
Radio will be here on August 28 at 7 pm to kick off the project. The Annual meeting will be on August 27 at 7:30 pm in the library.
b. Trust Fund: No statement. $525 received in donations in memory of Jean Sanders.
c. Librarian’s Report: Read and placed on file. The student book group's book lists, amphitheater news article and Book Page were circulated. Introductory courses on the Internet,
Word and Excel are starting again. Library board and staff rosters were distributed. Linda Brown has 30 years of service with the library and will be recognized by the Common Council
on Tuesday August 28.
d. WCFLS: The County board failed to override the veto of the ACT 150 capital costs plan. News articles on the subject were circulated. WCFLS annual report and the DLTCL newsletter
were distributed.
10. New Business
a. Pending Fine Disputes: None.
b. Automation/Technology: The indexing/cataloging Café committee is working on searches. New Berlin is considering joining Café. New software will be installed on August 28
and the catalog will be unavailable from 8 am to 6 pm.
c. Customer Survey: Comment compilation was distributed. 559 have been returned. 229 still need to be entered. Bob has put in about 160 hours and will get to 200 hours on this
project.
d. Budget 2008: Holly is meeting with the Mayor on Monday.
e. Kiwanis Amphitheater Proposal: There was a discussion on the Kiwanis proposal for naming rights to the amphitheater project. R. Melcher moved for approval of a plaque noting
the Kiwanis contribution to the project. Seconded by J. Schroeder. Holly will respond to the Kiwanis with our proposal.
f. Computer Purchase: R. Jankowski moved to approve the purchase of 10 public access computers with $12,600 from the trust fund. S. Gould seconded and the motion passed.
11. Motion to Adjourn: Moved by S. Gould, seconded by J. De Vito-Scalzo at 7:54 PM.
Russ Jankowski
Secretary