ST. LOUIS COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT
MEETING OF THE BOARD
HEADQUARTERS BRANCH
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2006
3:30 PM
The monthly meeting of the Board of the St. Louis County Library District was held at the Headquarters Branch, 1640 S. Lindbergh, on Wednesday, May 24 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
Ken Stricker, Treasurer
Jean Weinstock, Secretary
Chingling Tai, Member
Others Attending:
Gary Holdefer, Interim Director; George Durnell, Interim Director; Darold Crotzer, Crotzer, Ford & Ormsby Counsel; Kristen Sorth, Manager, Human Resources; Barbara Brain, Senior Manager of Public Service; William Rodgers, Manager, Information Systems Technology; Cathy Quinn, Daniel and Henry; and Susan Scupin, Manager, Headquarters Reference Department.
The MINUTES, dated Monday, April 17, 2006, were approved by general consent.
TREASURER’S REPORT:
The Treasurer’s Report dated April 30, 2006, was received by the Board, subject to audit. Mr. Holdefer reported that more than $150,000 in taxes were received in May, bringing the amount received to date to 98.3%. Staff is working on the budget revision which will be presented to the Library Board prior to the August tax hearing.
INTERIM DIRECTORS’ REPORT:
ANNUAL REPORT – George Durnell discussed the costs associated with the creation of the Library’s Annual Report. As outlined in his memo to the Library Board, staff costs came to $6810 and printing costs were $5692. Mr. Durnell discussed the difficulties involved with including the full audit document in the annual report. The Board suggested that we include a summary of the audit and post the full audit on the Library website, and make it available in printed form upon request.
PROGRAMMING – Barbara Brain reported on various Library events, including the Asian Heritage Festival, the Missouri Botanical Garden Program, and the Castle Readalot project. The grand opening for the Castle Readalot project in the Young Readers’ Service area at Headquarters will be June 21, 2006. Dr. Tai asked about donated materials for the Asian Center.
DATABASE USAGE STATISTICS – A report outlining database use and cost per database search was presented. The Board requested a detailed analysis of any database that costs over $5 per search for the June Board meeting.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
NONE
NEW BUSINESS:
HEALTH INSURANCE – The Board approved renewing the Library’s health insurance plan with GHP at 24.% for one month, starting July 1, 2006. They also approved having Daniel and Henry provide marketing services to review other options for health insurance to be effective August 1, 2006, and to be presented at the June meeting (Stricker/Weinstock).
LIFE INSURANCE – Staff reported the rate guarantee from Reliance /Standard for life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, and long term disability insurance.
VISION INSURANCE – The Board approved the 4% renewal from Crown Optical for optional vision insurance. They also approved changing to SRC/Aetna for part time health and dental insurance (Stricker/Gershman).
HQ PARKING LOT – The Board approved the low bidder County Asphalt to repave the parking lot at Headquarters for $99,884 (Weinstock/Stricker).
SEALING AND STRIPING – The Board approved the low bidders for sealing and striping at ten branches (Stricker/Weinstock).
CLOSED SESSION
Mr. Stricker moved that the open meeting adjourn and the Board 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. All approved by individual voice vote (Stricker/Weinstock).
The meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Jean Weinstock Date
Secretary