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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAugust 5, 2015 Columbia Heights Public Library 820, 40th Avenue NE, Columbia Heights, MN 55421-2996 Ph: 763-706-3690 TDD: 763-706-3692 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY Approved BOARD OF TRUSTEES September 2, MINUTES 2015 August 5, 2015 The meeting was called to order by Chair Patricia Sowada at 6:33were: Nancy Hoium, Steve Smith, Patricia Sowada, Catherine Vesley and Barbar Director Renee Dougherty, Member absent was Council Liaison Gary Renee Rewitzer. The minutes of the July 2, 2015, Board meeting were approved as mailed. The bill list dated 7/8/2015 was reviewed. It was moved, second The bill list dated 7/22/2015 was reviewed. It was moved, secon The August 1, 2015 accounting was reviewed. A discussion was hel replied that it was due to a malfunctioning toilet. Old Business: 1.Dougherty reported that more pollution than expected was found a for the new library. This may result in additional hauling and dumping available as work is completed. 2.The second bid package was opened and there were eight general c Construction had the low bid; they have done work for Columbia Heights in the past. Of the fiv electrical systems. Breth-Zensen Fire Protection was the lowest bid for fire suppression. he Council reviewed bids and authorized contracts with the low bidd rd Monday, August 3. 3.The City will meet with representatives of Northeast Bank about and naming rights for the board room in the new library. Member this idea; and will meet with the City regarding naming portionse building. HGA and the Foundation will design donor recognition to be placed in the lob space for additions of future donor names. 4. dinner will be held on September 23 from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. 5.The 2016 proposed budget allocated too much money for other comm service) so the excess was transferred to lines covering credit maintenance. 6.The Youth Read Down Program in June and July was a success with 63 kids partici of $360.00 of fines was waived with $26.00 being the largest amo total of 107 sessions of reading were recorded with one patron r hours straight. Columbia Heights Public Library [Date] Board of Trustees Minutes Page 2 New Business: 1. be September 2nd. The position has been posted and applications August 24th. 2.Dougherty shared that a Volunteer Appreciation event will be held on August 10, 2015, at 5:30 p.m. at the Library. Volunteers will also be recognized bef beginning at 7:00 p.m. that evening. 3.Dougherty reported that a book sale is planned for August 13, 14 15 in the Library Activity Room. The Friends of the Library will help with this ev 4.The groundbreaking event for the new library will be held on Sep An invitation list is being prepared. 5.The Anoka County Library request for bids for the RFID project did not receive sufficient reponse to allow a choice of vendors so the deadline has been ex August. Columbia Heights Public Library intends to participate i Items from the Floor: 1.Sowada asked about surplus funds that the library may have. Dougherty repl library is required to maintain a cash reserve of a portion of t fund operations in the interim before the semiannual tax revenueand December. 2.Smith said the LED (50 year bulbs) planned for the new library b good; this type of lighting would be beneficial and should resul electricity. 3.A question was raised about a solar roof for the new library and Dougherty replied that the building will support solar panels and the rebates available wil City will explore the option of adding solar panels to city prop in 2016. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:32 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Catherine Vesley c/o Renee J. Rewitzer Recording Secretary, Library Board of Trustees w; /z·ä šE /šŒÒ’,z I;zmw·­ 7š;­ “š· 7z­-©z’z“·; š“ ·w; ,­z­ ·w; 7’z­­zš“ š© --;­­ ·šr š© ·©;·’;“· š© ;’¦Œšä’;“· z“r z·­ ­;©Ýz-;­r ¦©šm©’­r š© - ÞzŒŒ ,; ¦©šÝz7;7 ·š ŒŒšÞ z“7zÝz7ÒŒ­ Þz·w 7z­,zŒz·z;­ ·š ¦©·z ­;©Ýz-;­r ¦©šm©’­r “7 -·zÝz·z;­u Attachments: