Minutes
North Liberty Community Library
Board of Trustees
January 22, 2007

The meeting was called to order by President Peggy Waters at 7:07 p.m. at the City Council Chambers in North Liberty.

Board members present were Peggy Waters, Anne Daniels, Shawn Selch, Carol Thompson, Matt Irving, Andrew Freeman and Library Director Dee Crowner.

Approval of Agenda:
The subject of Trustee Training was added to Other Business. New Business was removed from the Agenda. A motion to approve the January Agenda as amended was made by Daniels, seconded by Selch, and approved unanimously.

Approval of Minutes:
Motion to approve the November minutes was made by Selch, seconded by Thompson, and approved unanimously.

Special Business:
Nominations were taken for officer positions. Irving was nominated for President, Carol was nominated as vice president and Anne was nominated as secretary. A motion to approve the slate was made by Selch, seconded by Thompson and approved unanimously.

Reports:
Budget - Jennie Garner:
The proposed budget for 2007-2008 represents a 23% increase from last year. Jenny's salary is still being negotiated. The proposed budget will be voted on by the City Counsel on January 23. It will come into effect July of 2007.

Youth and Teen Services - Elaine Reitz:
This year's summer reading program with have the theme "Get a Clue @ Your Library". The kickoff party will be May 23. The final program will be July 21 and will cost $321. Elaine will ask friends if they are willing to sponsor this event. The library has a new MySpace page at www.myspace.com/nlcl and a blog at www.northlibertylibrary.blogspot.com. Both sites will share news and patrons can make comments on the blog. Melanie is hosting a pizza party on January 22 to inform teens about TAG. On February 8 there will be an "Un-Valentine's Day" party from 3-4 for 7th grade and up.

Assistant Director - Jennie Garner:
The Last Tuesday of the Month Book Club is going well. Janet and Jennie are meting to work on getting cake pans and magazines into catalog records.

Director - Dee Crowner:
The board looked at the In Service to Iowa accreditation report. Dee informed the board that the library would pay for member ship in the trustee's subdivision of the Iowa Library Association if any trustees were interested. They are working on redoing Open Access Libraries so that each town has its own category instead of a joint listing. In June, any patrons whose number expired three or more years ago will be deleted. The family number conversion is going well. Dee explained that all family numbers are inactive. A person under 13 needs parental permission to get a library card by anyone over 13 can get one. The library received a certificate of recognition from the state of Iowa for its 20th anniversary.

Friends of the Library - Carol Thompson:
Friends met on January 10. There was a cake provided for the 20th anniversary party which was given to the one person who signed up for membership in Friends, that day. We are considering leasing books from Baker & Taylor because of the space problems if Friends will pay for it.

Policy Review:
North Liberty Community Library Mission Statement
A motion to approve the North Liberty Community Library Mission Statement as is was made by Irving, seconded by Selch and approved.

North Liberty Community Library Commitment to Excellence
It was determined that this did not need updating. No vote was taken.

North Liberty Community Library Volunteer Policy
A motion to approve the North Liberty Community Library Volunteer Policy as is was made by Thompson, seconded by Freeman and approved.

Old Business:
Plans for Expansion
Dee will send out invitations to the steering committed by the end of the month.

Other Business:
Trustee Training
The meeting was moved to the library for Trustee Training. Dee took the Trustees on a guided tour of the library. Irving went through trustee training manual he drafted and gave each trustee a copy.

Adjournment:
The motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Selch, seconded by Daniels, and approved unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m., in the North Liberty Library.

Minutes submitted by Anne Daniels on January 31, 2006.