ST. LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT

MEETING OF THE BOARD

HEADQUARTERS BRANCH

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2005

3:30 PM

The monthly meeting of the Board of the St. Louis County Library District was held at the Mahlon P. Wallace Headquarters Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd., on Monday, November 21, 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 , Treasuerer

Jean Weinstock, Secretary

                        Chingling Tai, Member

            Others Attending:

C. Daniel Wilson, Jr., Director; Gary Holdefer, Associate Director and Comptroller; Darold Crotzer, Crotzer, Ford & Ormsby Counsel; George Durnell, Asst. Director; Kristen Sorth, Manager, Human Resources;  William Rodgers, Manager, Information Systems Technology; Tom Curran, St. Louis County; and Sandra Williams, Executive Assistant.

            The MINUTES, Tuesday, October 25, 2005, were approved by general consent.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

Mr. Holdefer reported that two tax checks had been received in November which included over $1,237,000 of 2005 tax payments.   Treasurer’s Report was received by the Board, subject to audit (Stricker/Gershman).

DIRECTOR’S REPORT:

Asian Center Opening – Dan Wilson presented copies of the newspaper article featuring the Asian Center opening.  He also shared statistics on the circulation of the Center for the first days of operation

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

Library and SLCL (Stricker/Weinstock).

NEW BUSINESS:

DEFERRED COMPENSATION – The Library’s 457 program (similar to 401K) is reviewed independently by staff every three years.  After discussion, the Board requested that the administration further review consolidating the plan and present a recommendation at the December meeting.

BUDGET – Discussion was held on the 2006 Budget.   The Board approved the document (Stricker/Weinstock).

CUSTODIAL SERVICES – The Board approved the services of Woodard Carpet & Restoration for cleaning carpet at 16 branches for $32,783 (Stricker/Gershman).

FLORISSANT VALLEY BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS – The Board approved the $59,750 quote of Nick Telowitz, NOVA Group to provide architectural and engineering services for the Florissant Valley remodeling project (Stricker/Tai).

CLOSED SESSION (NEXT MEETING)

Mr. Stricker moved that the open meeting adjourn and reconvene in closed session pursuant to Section 610.021 subsection (1), (2), (3), (9), (11), (12), (13) and (14) 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. Dr. Tai seconded.  All voted in the affirmative.

The meeting adjourned at 4:05 p.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

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Jean Weinstock                                                                                    Date

Secretary