Will County Gazette

Batavia Public Library District Board of Trustees met June 19.

Here is the agenda provided by the Board:

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

3. Call the Roll

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4. Comments from the Audience

Comments are subject to the “Policy on Public Participation at Meetings and Other Communications,” copies of which are available at meetings. Visitors are welcome to attend at any open meeting of the Board of Library Trustees.

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5. Approve the Consent Agenda (Action Item) {Roll Call Vote}

Any Board member may request removal of item(s) to the regular agenda for further discussion, or the addition of item(s) from the regular agenda to the consent agenda.

a. Minutes:—

(1) Regular Meeting, Tuesday, 15 May 2018

b. Expenditures:—

(1) Expenditures (“Cash Disbursement Detail Report”): May 2018

c. Other Action Items:—

(1) An Ordinance Specifying the Library Board’s Regular Meeting Schedule for 2018–2019 (Standing Committee on Services): Ordinance 2018–004

(2) An Ordinance Ascertaining Prevailing Wage (Standing Committee on Finance): Ordinance 2018–005

(3) An Ordinance Transferring Funds from the Library Fund (Fund 10) to the Special Reserve Fund (Fund 22) (Standing Committee on Finance): Ordinance 2018–006

(4) Site Railings (Building Technology Consultants Inc.) (Standing Committee on Facilities)

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6. Approve the Agenda {Voice Vote}

Statement Of Mission: The mission of the Batavia Public Library is to provide and ensure access to materials and services to meet the lifelong learning needs of residents and organizations, as well as to create a welcoming place to gather, exchange ideas, and participate in cultural events.

7. Community Engagement: Summary of Key Ideas and Recommendations to the Board of Library Trustees:

A Report from the Speak Up! Facilitating Team, presented by Daniel R. Russo and Kathryn L. Hubbard, community co-chairs

8. Financial Reports: May 2018

• 2017–2018 Working Budget

• 2017–2018 Statement of Revenue and Expenditures

• 2017–2018 Investment Report

9. President’s Report

• Annual Meeting, Batavia Tax Increment Finance (TIF) Joint Review Board, Tuesday, 19 June 2018

• Appoint two (2) trustees (other than Secretary) to perform audit of Secretary’s records on or before September 1, as required by 75 ILCS 16 / 30–65 (c)

10. Good News / Comments from the Board

11. Correspondence and Communications

12. Director’s and Librarians’ Reports: May 2018

13. Committee and Official Representative Reports (May / June 2018):—

a. Community Engagement (Committee of the Whole) (Scheetz)

b. Standing Committee on Facilities (Smith)

c. Standing Committee on Finance (Culotta)

d. Standing Committee on Outreach (Henders) — No Report / No Meeting

e. Standing Committee on Services (Deitchman) — No Report / No Meeting

f. Batavia Public Library Foundation (Blodgett)

g. Friends of the Batavia Public Library (Smith)

h. Library Integrated Network Consortium (LINC) (Scheetz)

i. Batavia Access Television (BATV) (Henders)

14. Budget Issues (Standing Committees on Finance):—

a. Working Budget for 2018–2019 (Action Item) {Roll Call Vote}

b. Personnel Complement Detail and Authorized Personnel Strength (Action Item) {Voice Vote}

c. Tentative Form of “An Ordinance Approving and Adopting the Annual Budget and Appropriation for Library Purposes for Fiscal Year 2018–2019” (Report)

15. Future Agenda Items (Report)

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16. A closed session for “The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body,” as authorized by 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1)

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17. Next Meetings or Events:—

a. ALA Annual Conference (New Orleans), Thursday–Tuesday, 21–26 June 2018

b. Independence Day, Wednesday, 4 July 2018, Library Closed [F]

c. Board of Library Trustees (Regular Meeting), Tuesday, 17 July 2018, 7:00 p.m., Elizabeth L. Hall Conference Room, Batavia Public Library

d. Board of Library Trustees (Regular Meeting), Tuesday, 21 August 2018, 7:00 p.m., Elizabeth L. Hall Conference Room, Batavia Public Library

e. Staff Development Day (4th Friday in August), Friday, 24 August 2018, Library Closed (Scheduled Work Day for All Employees)

f. Library Card Sign-Up Month, September 2018 — launched in 1987 as a national campaign: “every child should obtain a library card”

g. Sunday before Labor Day, Sunday, 2 September 2018, Library Closed

h. Labor Day (1st Monday in September), Monday, 3 September 2018, Library Closed [F]

i. Regular Library Hours on Sunday Begin (12:00 noon–5:00 p.m.) (Sunday after Labor Day), Sunday, 9 September 2018

j. Board of Library Trustees (Regular Meeting), Tuesday, 18 September 2018, 7:00 p.m., Elizabeth L. Hall Conference Room, Batavia Public Library

18. Adjournment

http://www.bataviapubliclibrary.org/media/1584585/agenda%202018-06-19.pdf