These Minutes were approved as written at the October
13, 2008 Regular Monthly Meeting of the Hickory County Library Board of Trustees
Monday, September 8,
2008
The regular monthly meeting of the Hickory County Library Board was held
September 8,2008 at 9:15am 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
9:05am.
The following persons were present:
Doris Frye, President
Hal Geltmacher,
Vice-President
Gerda Fitts, Treasurer
Eva
Cooper, Trustee
Stacy Coulsell, Library Administrator
Attendance was taken via the expense voucher.
After
adding Bank Business to the New Business items, motion to approve the agenda was made by Gerda Fitts, seconded by Hal Geltmacher,
all in favor and the motion carried unanimously.
The minutes from
the August 11, 2008 meeting were reviewed, Gerda Fitts made the motion to approve the minutes as written, and Eva Cooper seconded
the motion. All in favor, and the motion carried unanimously.
Administrator
Stacy Coulsell gave her Library Administrator’s Report for August and September. She reported that
the Summer Programming had drawn to a close and that this year had been the best attended in several years. Coulsell
also noted that the new shelving for the Large Print area was on its way. She reported that the monthly
Story Hours with the Preschool and Head Start groups would continue once both schools had scheduled them. Coulsell
asked that the Board consider closing earlier for winter hours. This item was tabled until the next meeting.
Administrator Coulsell presented the financial report for the Library, the balance as of
September 9, 2008 was $49284.60 This balance is the total of both of the Library’s accounts.
Gerda Fitts made the motion to accept the Financial Report as given, Sharon Barrett seconded,
and the motion carried unanimously.
Administrator Coulsell presented the Library’s
Circulation Report for the month of August. There were 40 new cards issued and Total Circulation for the
month at 4794.
Under President’s Report—there was nothing
to report.
Under Library Association Report—Association President
Sharon Barrett reported that the Library Association had received a gift and there would be a brief Association meeting on
October 13, 2008 preceding the regular Library Board meeting to discuss dispersing this gift.
Under
Friends Report—President Doris Frye reported on behalf of absent Friends of the Library President Ruth McCarty that
the Friends would be holding their annual Fall Book Sale during October 15th thru October 18th.
Under Old Business, there was nothing to report.
Under
New Business, Hal Geltmacher moved to allow Stacy Coulsell and/or Gerda Fitts to conduct telephone transfers in dealing with
transactions as needed at the Bank of Urbana, Sharon Barrett seconded the motion, and the motion carried
unanimously.
Hearing no public comment and having nothing further
to discuss the meeting adjourned at 9:45am.
The next meeting will be October 13, 2008 at 9:00am
Respectfully submitted,
__________________________________________
Sharon
Barrett, Secretary
