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ST. LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT
MEETING OF THE BOARD
HEADQUARTERS BRANCH
MONDAY, MAY 16, 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
Kenneth P. Stricker, Treasurer
Jean Weinstock, Secretary
Chingling Tai, Member
Bettie Gershman was not able to attend.
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;
Barbara Brain, Senior Manager of Public Service; William Rodgers, Manager,
Information Systems Technology; Marie Conlin, Library Planner and Training
Manager; Marian Sood, Manager, Florissant Valley Branch; Eric Button,
Manager, Daniel Boone Branch; Steve Mudd, Facilities Manager; Robbin Oehler,
Manager, Tesson Ferry Branch; Julie Mangner, Manager, Prairie Commons
Branch; Donna Spaulding, Manager, Mid-County Branch; Lynn Silence, Manager,
Adult Collection Development; Jean Taylor, Manager, Youth Collection
Development; Jim Bogart, Manager of Development; Cathy Quinn, The Daniel
and Henry Co. Representative; and Sandra Williams, Executive Assistant.
The MINUTES, Monday, April 18, 2005, were approved by
general consent.
TREASURER’S REPORT:
The April 2005 Treasurer’s Report was received by the
Board, subject to audit. The Library received $11,325 in TIF funds from The West
County Center project. The Library has deposited $575,835 from the property
closing on Pond Road.
DIRECTOR’S REPORT:
BUILDING THE FUTURE – Dan
Wilson reviewed updated capital improvement plans with the Board.
COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT – Mr.
Wilson shared information from a report on what the Library spends on its
collection. Mr. Bagy asked Mr. Wilson to investigate the source of the $17
million donation towards construction received by Kansas City Library.
FINES - Mr. Wilson discussed
a chart on fines throughout the State that had been prepared by George
Durnell. The findings concluded that SLCL is in line with other libraries.
No changes were recommended.
RECIPROCAL LENDING POLICY –
Mr. Wilson announced that staff would be meeting soon with the directors of
St. Louis City and St. Charles City-County libraries to discuss the
reciprocal lending policy.
STATE AID – Mr. Wilson
reported that due to the decrease in State Aid funding, SLCL will receive
about $60,000 less for the last half of 2005.
NON-RESIDENT FEES – A chart
indicating an increase in receipts from non-resident fees was shared with
the Board. It is suspected this is due to the holds policy change that took
place last month.
ARTICLE – Mr. Wilson shared
an article with the Board from the Unabashed Librarian that had been written
by Christel Maassen, Government Documents Librarian.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
SALE OF PROPERTY (POND ROAD) –
The Library closed on the Pond Road site on April 28th.
Net proceed after commission and fees was $575,835.00. The Board approved the
funds be designated for future capital improvements. (Weinstock/Stricker).
NEW BUSINESS:
BUILDING REPAIR (CARPET)
– The Board approved the low bid of Flooring Systems for the
replacement of carpet at Indian Trails and Weber Road branches (Stricker/Tai).
BUILDING REPAIR (PARKING LOTS)
– The Library Board approved the low bidder at each
location. The jobs were awarded to Asphalt Maintenance, Asphalt Paving &
Concrete, Byrne & Jones, MMI Protecta Seal, County Asphalt & Paving and Promark.
Total cost for sealing and striping was $24,270 and for patching and paving
$40,490 (Sticker/Weinstock).
TECHNOLOGY (Laptop Computers)
– The Library Board approved the purchase of 50 laptop
computers from Dell. The Dell Inspiron 9300 was selected at a cost of $1,259
per unit or a total cost of $62,950 (Weinstock/Stricker).
GROUP LIFE AND MEDICAL INSURANCE
– The Board approved the recommendation of staff to change to Group Health Plan
as the medical insurance provider. The cost savings will be approximately
$163,000. The Board also approved the Life and AD & D proposal of Reliance
Standard (Stricker/Weinstock).
DENTAL INSURANCE
– The Board approved of staff’s recommendation to remain with Delta Dental
Insurance for another year (Stricker/Tai).
PAYROLL PROCESSING
– The Board approved changing payroll from monthly to bi-weekly (Stricker/Weinstock).
Beginning in August, staff will receive paychecks every other Friday. The
first bi-weekly check will be distributed August 12th.
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. Weinstock seconded. All voted
in the affirmative.
The meeting adjourned at 4:42
p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Jean Weinstock
Secretary |
