Board Minutes

January 30, 2023

Members in Attendance: Cathy Fuller, Tim Manwarren, Wendy Slentz, Kristie Ingerto

Library Director Anna Schlernitzauer

Guest Stacy Davis.

This meeting was called to order at 3:31 pm on a wintry Monday afternoon. Tim read the minutes from the October 20, 2022 meeting. No changes need to be made. Cathy made a motion to accept the minutes and Wendy seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Cathy made a motion that Tim Manwarren stay as president and Kristie Ingerto stay as secretary. Wendy seconded the motion. Motion passed. Wendy Slentz made a motion that Cathy Fuller remain the Finance Director. Kristie seconded the motion. Motion passed. Kristie made a motion that Wendy stay on as Vice President. Cathy seconded that motion. Motion passed. Congratulations to all.

All board members reviewed the check book and the money market book and signed to acknowledge that they read it.

Cathy reviewed the remainder of the 2022 budget and reviewed the 2023 budget for those who did not attend the last meeting.

Checking account: $23,262.31

Money Market account: $20,855.40

Interest: December $6.30, January $24.64

Interest rates have been on the incline as of late. We are prepared for the return of very little interest.

We did not make any huge changes to the 2023 budget. We are overall very happy with the spending, as we are keeping that to a minimum. We spend money on the programs that are needed and used. Our book budget is still at a pleasant level. We will not raise that at this time. Kristie made a motion to accept the 2023 budget. Wendy seconded the motion. Motion passed

We had a quick discussion on the Christmas bonuses since we did not meet in December. Wendy made a motion to accept this and Kirstie seconded the motion. Motion passed.

We have been talking about how expensive our phone bill is with Frontier. In December Cathy Fuller contacted Spectrum Cable since they have phone service. We switched services. Spectrum is $29.00 plus tax per month with a 10% increase in a year. Even with the increase we are still saving money.

We have heard from Pam who is the person that does our computer repair and upgrades. She informed us that Microsoft will stop working. She is trying to find the date of this stoppage. When she does she will let us know. This means our computers will stop working. We will start the process of pricing out new computers. We are thinking laptops as they are smaller. We will also need fewer computers. This is not an expense we are happy about.

We are looking into having another fundraiser at Gilligan’s Island again this year. It has done well in the past. We now are just waiting to hear about a date.

Anna had the circulation report for us. For a small town and small library, this is one busy place. Anna will contact Jill again this year to help support mental health. We would like to have another painting program here. This program was a huge success and people are asking about it. When we hear about a date we will publish it. Anna has also started the annual report. This can be a time-consuming and stressful process. Cathy has her portion finished.

We went into executive session 4:32 pm.

We exited executive session at 4:50 pm

Cathy made a motion to accept the discussion and Kristie seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Meeting adjourned at 5:00 pm.