Roodhouse Public Library Board

The meeting was called to order by Vice President Dolores Harp with the following trustees in attendance: Bruce Vortman, Mike Harper, Betsy Burrus Meece, Sharon Patterson, Beth Burrus and David Mead. Jeanne Bettis and Beth HUffines were present also.

Minutes:The minute of the October 11 regular meeting were accepted as read on a motion by Mr. Harper seconded by Ms. Burrus.The minutes of the Special Meeting held on October 27 were also accepted as read on a motion by Ms. Burrus, seconded by Ms. Burrus Meece.

 Staff Report:Ms. Huffines presented the following to the board:

A.   Misty Pruiett is now trained and ready to substitute in the library. We will be paying her %8.50 per hour. Ms. Huffines asked us to consider the possibility of raising Carole Well's salary by $.25 per hour.

B.  The three books that we had been looking for, Around the World In Eighty Days, The Importance Of Being Earnest, and The Glass Menagerie were donated to us by a Former Roodhouse resident who currently lives out West. She had read of our need on the internet library minutes and sent them to us. The board is very grateful for her generosity.

C. Ms. Huffines will be attending a workshop in Edwardsville on applying for construction grants. One of the grants available requires 25% matching funds. She hopes that because we are such a poor area we might be able to receive it without having to match the 25%. She also reported that she had toured the "Y" building and requested that if it is moved behind the library for an addition that we receive all of the fixtures. cabinet, etc that are currently in the building.

D. The Per Capita Grant check in the amount of $2,265.65 has been received.

E.  They are behind in processing the e-rate grants and we have not been notified about that funding.

F.  She has recieved many positive comments about the library lately and she expressed her appreciation to the board for their support. In turn the board applauded her hard work in bring the library to it's current situation.

G.  The mother board went out o the lap top computer and it can not be replaced.

H.  Ms. Huffines requested permission to purchase a camera for the library's use if she could find one at a reasonable price.

I.  She asked that we have a food for fines drive. Those with overdue books would be able to return them and pay the fine with canned food.

 Financial Report: Mr. Harper went over the financial report and reported that we have a CD that will be up for renewal soon. It was decided to leave the CD to "roll over" if it was automatically done and if needed to be dealt with to it put in the Saving Account. We have not yet received our Replacement Taxes from the City although they assured Mr. Harper once again that they will get it figured out. The financial report was accepted as written on a motion by Ms. Burrus seconded by Ms. Patterson.

Reports of Committees: Ms. Burrus said that because of scheduling problems with meeting, the race funds from Greene County Days has been tallied yet. Ms. Huffines stated that she would like to earmark these funds for a reading enrichment program for preschoolers.

After much discussion it was decided not to have our annual Book and Bake Sale at Christmas. We hope to be able to reinstate this next year possibly on a different date. Passed on a motion by Ms. Patterson seconded by Ms. Burrus.

Unfinished Business: .

New Business: It was decided to give Ms. Wells a $.25 cent a hour raise.Passed on a motion by Ms. Burrus seconded by Mr. Vortman.

Motion by Mr. Mead seconded by Ms. Patterson to have Ms.Huffines purchase a camera for the library at what would be considered a reasonable amount.

The library will accept nonperishable "food for fines" from now until the end of the year. Passed on a motion by Ms. BUrrus seconded by Mr. Harper.

It was claified that the library is still being cautious with book purchases even though the finances aren't as bad as they were previously .

Adjournment: The meeting was ajourned on a motion by Ms. Patterson seconded by Ms. Burrus.

Respectfully submitted,

Sharon Patterson, secretary