Monday, December 8, 2008
The regular monthly meeting of the Hickory County Library Board was held December 8, 2008
at 10:25am 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
10:25am.
The following persons were present:
Doris Frye, President
Hal
Geltmacher, Vice-President
Gerda Fitts, Treasurer
Sharon
Barrett, Secretary
Eva Cooper, Trustee
Stacy
Coulsell, Library Administrator
Attendance was taken via the expense voucher.
A 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 November 10, 2008 meeting were
reviewed, after reviewing the minutes and noting one correction to be made, 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 Coulsell gave her monthly Administrator’s Report, she reported that the
Story Hour with both the Preschool and Head Start groups continued. She noted that additional shelving
had been ordered and received for the Library’s Genealogy Area.
Administrator
Coulsell presented the Financial Report for the Library, the balance as of December 8, 2008 was $21,880.30.
This balance is the total of both of the Library’s accounts. After hearing the Financial Report
Eva Cooper made the motion to accept the Library’s Financial Report as given. Gerda
Fitts seconded the motion, all in favor and the motion carried unanimously.
Coulsell
presented the Library’s Circulation Report for the month of November. There were 23 new cards issued
and Total Circulation for the month of November was 3536.
Under President’s
Report—there was nothing to report.
Under Association Report—President Sharon Barrett
had nothing to report.
Under Friends Report— Board President Doris Frye
reported that there was a Friends Meeting at 10:00am on Monday, December 8, 2008 at 10:00am coinciding with the Library Board
Meeting.
Under Old Business, the Board discussed the remaining
balance of the Equalization funds. Administrator Coulsell reported that three additional sets of shelving
had been ordered and were set to be installed. Coulsell reported that she would be ordering new signage
for the New Large Print and Reference area. She also noted that she would be ordering fixtures for the
audio book collection. Administrator Coulsell reported that the Circulation Desk needed a new computer
with larger memory capacity. She noted that all of these items would come from the remaining balance of
the Equalization funds that they receive from the state.
Under New
Business, Administrator Coulsell announced that the Library would close the following days in honor of the holidays, December
24th and December 25th all day, Noon December 31st, and all day January 1st.
Also under New Business, Library Administrator Coulsell presented the Proposed Budget for
Fiscal Year 2009. In the budget was an increase in the Library Travel line for the staff to attend the
Book Expo in New York in May 2009 and a two percent pay increase to all staff and Library Administrator Coulsell. After reviewing
the budget as presented Gerda Fitts made the motion to accept the proposed budget as given, Hal Geltmacher seconded, all in
favor and the motion carried unanimously.
Having no further business, and hearing no public comment
the meeting adjourned at 11:15am.
The next meeting will be January 12, 2008 at 10:00am
Respectfully submitted,
_____________________________
Sharon Barrett,
Secretary
