MINUTES OF THE HICKORY COUNTY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
Thursday, January 17, 2008
The regular monthly meeting of the Hickory
County Library Board was held January 17, 2008 at 9:00am in the Hickory County Library Community Room, at the Hickory County
Library, 99 New Hermitage Drive, Hermitage, Missouri, 65668.
President Doris Frye called the meeting to order at 9:00am.
The
following persons were present:
Doris Frye, President
Hal Geltmacher, Vice-President
Gerda Fitts, Treasurer
Eva Cooper, Trustee
Stacy Coulsell, Library Administrator
Absent was Board Secretary Sharon Barrett, attendance was taken via the expense voucher.
Motion to approve the agenda was made by Gerda Fitts, seconded by Eva Cooper, all in favor, and the motion carried
unanimously.
The minutes from the December 12, 2007 meeting were reviewed.
After noting the date correction in the fourth paragraph of the minutes, Hal Geltmacher made the motion to accept the
minutes as corrected, Eva Cooper seconded the motion. All in favor, and the motion carried unanimously.
Library Administrator Stacy Coulsell presented her Library Administrator’s Report. In her
report she noted that Story hours with the Head Start and Preschool groups will continue through this year, but the Preschool
group had cancelled for the month of January. She noted that a new office computer had been
purchased and was in place. She reported that special thanks were due to Debbie Tyler for all of her work
in the file transfers. She noted that the Library had several fluorescent
lights replaced over the month of December, due in part to their age. She also
noted that long time staff member Nancy Edberg was off due to surgery and would be off for several weeks to come.
Administrator Coulsell also presented a possible grant funding program called the Libris Foundation.
Administrator Coulsell presented the Library’s Financial Report for December. The balance to date is $27,672.48
this includes the following accounts, Money Market and Urbana General Checking. Motion to accept the financial
report as given was made by Gerda Fitts, seconded by Eva Cooper, all in favor, the motion carried unanimously.
Administrator Stacy Coulsell presented the Library’s Circulation Report. There were
33 new cards issued in November. The total circulation for the month of December was 4241.
The year’s total circulation was 52,334.
Under Library Association Business,
there was none as Association President Sharon Barrett was absent.
Under President’s Report, President Frye had nothing to report.
Under Friends Report, Friends President Ruth McCarty was absent. Doris Frye reported on her behalf
that the Friends Valentine Luncheon is to be February 11th due to icy conditions the December Christmas Luncheon
was postponed and this event will take its place. The program for February will include a discussion of
Laurraine Snelling’s book series Red River of the North and Return to Red River. Also
Swedish cookies and their preparation will be featured during this program as well.
Under Old Business, the Board discussed staff Evaluations; this item was tabled until next meeting. The
Board also discussed the quarterly Financial Reports; this item was tabled until next meeting. Also under
Old Business, the Board discussed the possibility of changing the Library’s fees for faxing, copying, and printing services.
Under New Business, the Board discussed the meeting times. Eva Cooper made the motion to move
the meeting date to the second Monday of each month at 9:00am, Gerda Fitts seconded the motion, and the motion carried unanimously.
Next meeting to be February 11, 2008 at 9:00am
Hearing no public comment and
having no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:36am.
Respectfully
submitted,
_____________________________
Hal Geltmacher, Vice-President
