July 8th Minutes
Hopkins District Library Board Meeting Minutes
July 8, 2014
Present: Natalie Bazan, Lynn Francis, Anita Kerber, David Klink, Chris Navis, Barbara Wrobleski
Absent: Suzanne Antvelink, Karon Dunifin, Mimi Gabriel
1. Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM.
2. Roll Call.
3. Approval of Agenda
Approved.
4. Approval of Minutes
Approved.
5. Treasurer’s Report
Report was approved as presented.
Budget adjustments were approved as presented.
6. Correspondence
· None.
7. Public Comment
· None.
8. Director’s Report
· Programs
o Sticks & Strings – 3rd Monday of the month.
o Book club meeting regularly.
o Cheese making.
o Cooling center/book sale/craft fair.
o Felting.
o Bath fizzies.
o Mosaic stepping stones.
o Seed bombs.
o Zombie survival week:weapons, diy sock zombies, zombie identification, zombie first aid, basic survival, zombie run course, pizza party with ice cream & prizes.
o Dorr mini comic con.
· Publicity
o Up to 190 likes on Facebook – goal of 200 by end of Summer Reading.
· Meetings, workshops, etc.
o Advisory and board meeting for LLC.
o Two committees at MLA.
· Building Issues
o None.
· Budget Issues
o None.
· Library Closings
o None.
· Volunteers
o 22 people in Friends of the Library group.
o Donations of books still arriving.
o Program ideas.
· Lakeland, State, other library news
o Meeting on Thursday.
o KDL will be pulling out of Lakeland co-op around Aug 2015.
· Patron comments and suggestions
o Book suggestions.
o DVD suggestions.
o Programming suggestions.
· Other
o Renovations.
o Computer ordered.
o Work started on mini-historic makers fair in Hopkins – looking for instructors.
o Scheduling classes from ACCF grant.
o Date set for 3rd annual Winter Bazaar.
o Scheduling ‘Homemade Christmas’ a three week event in November.
9. Old Business
· L4029 form (secretary signature).
10. New Business
· Fund Balance policy & Capital Outlay policy were approved as presented.
11. Public comment
· None.
12. Meeting was adjourned at 7:40 PM.
Next meeting scheduled for Tuesday, August 12th at 7:00 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Dave Klink