ST. LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT
MEETING OF THE BOARD
DANIEL BOONE BRANCH
MONDAY, APRIL 18, 2005
3:30 PM

The monthly meeting of the Board of the St. Louis County Library District was held at the Daniel Boone Branch, 300 Clarkson Road, Ellisville, MO  63011 on Monday, April 18, 2005 at 3:30 p.m.  The agenda had been posted in all branches of the Library District at least 24 hours before the meeting.

ATTENDANCE: 

Library Board Members:

Richard J. Bagy, Jr., President
Bettie Gershman, Vice-President
Kenneth P. Stricker, Treasurer
Jean Weinstock, Secretary
Chingling Tai, Member

Others Attending:

C. Daniel Wilson, Jr., Director; Gary Holdefer, Associate Director and Comptroller; Darold Crotzer, Crotzer, Ford, Ormsby & Schraeder, Counsel; George Durnell, Assistant Director; Kristen Sorth, Manager, Human Resources; William Rodgers, Manager, Information Systems Technology; Tom Curran, Transportation & Redevelopment Policy Administrator, St. Louis County; Eric Button, Manager, Daniel Boone Branch; Kalyani Veeraraghavan, Supervisor, Daniel Boone Branch; Mary Mosqueda, Senior Consultant, Palmer & Cay; Steve Mudd, Facilities Manager, and Sandra Williams, Executive Assistant.

The MINUTES, Monday, March 28, 2005, were approved by general consent.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

The March 2005 Treasurer’s Report was received by the Board, subject to audit. The Library received the $2,200 from the escrow account paid by Mr. and Mrs. Strickland for the cancelled contract on the Parker Road site. 

DIRECTOR’S REPORT: 

POND ROAD CLOSING – The Pond Road site closing date is April 28th. 

DANIEL BOONE REMODELING – Mr. Wilson showed the Board plans for an addition on the Daniel Boone Branch.  Discussion followed.   

HOLDS POLICY  - Mr. Durnell gave a verbal report on concerns and complaints received from residents of the Municipal Library district since the enforcement of the new Holds Policy.  St. Charles City-County and St. Louis Public libraries have been contacted to begin negotiations to revise their reciprocal lending contracts.  Mr. Durnell was requested to produce a chart at the next Board meeting comparing fines of libraries throughout the area.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS 

MSD EASEMENT (FLORISSANT VALLEY) – The Board approved the Metropolitan Sewer District’s easement to maintain storm water sewers at the Florissant Valley Branch (Gershman/Weinstock)

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS – The Board approved the lobby addition elevator for the Daniel Boone and Mid County branches.  Hof Construction was awarded the projects at a total cost of $445, 100 (Weinstock/Gershman).

BOARD POLICY (INTERNET ACCESS) – Mr. Durnell reported that the Fair Use Committee recommends that no changes affecting internet access be made at this time. 

2004 INDEPENDENT AUDIT – Mr. Bagy, Mr. Stricker, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Holdefer were appointed to serve on an audit committee that will provide oversight to the financial statements. 

NEW BUSINESS: 

LIBRARY FOUNDATION– Mr. Wilson provided information on the financial condition of the Library Foundation.

SALARIES (2005 MERIT RAISES) – The Library Board approved the recommendations of adjustments to the 2005 salary scale and 2005 merit raises (Gershman/Weinstock).

COMPUTER LABS – The Library Board approved Diestelkamp Construction for constructing the labs at Cliff Cave for $12,500 and Hof Construction at Indian Trails for $11,000 (Stricker/Gershman).  They also approved the quote of Sachs Electric for providing electrical and data wiring at Cliff Cave for $16,106 and $13,147 at Indian Trails. 

AUTOMATED SYSTEM HARDWARE EQUIPMENT – The Board approved the quote of Innovative Interface for $82,249.00 to provide automated system hardware equipment for the Library district.   The price includes hardware, installation and five years of Platinum maintenance coverage (Stricker/Tai). 

CLOSED SESSION (NEXT MEETING)

Mr. Stricker moved that following the next public board meeting, the Board meet in closed session to discuss matters relating to legal actions, causes of action or litigation; property acquisition or sale and any personnel matters involving hiring, firing, discipline and promotion.  Mrs. Gershman seconded.  All voted in the affirmative. 

The meeting adjourned at 4:52 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Jean Weinstock
Secretary