McDonald County Library

Board of Trustees Minutes

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Roll Call – The meeting was called to order at 4:05 a.m.  Those members present were  Erlene Gideon, Sheila Owens, Marilyn O'Brien, Alice Snodgrass, and Carrie Cline.  Rachel Abercrombie was unable to attend.  Bruce Arnold and Charlie Brown attended as guests.

Reading of Minutes -  The March  minutes were discussed, and Marilyn made a motion to accept the minutes as written.  Erlene seconded the motion, and it passed unanimously.

Director's Report

        *Carrie presented the statistics for March, April & May.

        *Carrie reported on the great success of the Summer Reading Program, so far.  With the help of the grant from the Missouri State Library, the school librarians have been able to keep the school libraries open a few hours each week during Summer School.  Their circulation reports have been stupendous, and worthy of note to the School Board.     Wal-Mart has donated a total of $3,000 toward the program, which has enabled the purchase of gift cards for many readers in the county.  

        *Carrie would like to thank Dalana Fuller, Debra Coffee, Sheila Owens, and Carol Owens for their continued support and volunteer work during each Story Time.  With the large number of attendees, it would be very difficult to serve everyone without their help.

        *Bruce Arnold has resigned as Network IT, but will remain as the web designer for a reduced fee.  After a series of interviews, Charlie Brown from Midwest IT Services has been hired as his replacement.  Charlie was introduced to the board and Bruce explained briefly about his resignation after 12 years and the need for a rebuild of library systems by Charlie.  The board will expect a proposal of bids at the July board meeting.

Financial Report - After reviewing and discussing the financial reports, Sheila made a motion to accept them, Marilyn seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.