MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER 17,
2006
The Regular Meeting of the
Board of Directors of the Bucks County Free Library was held at the Levittown
Branch. The meeting was called to order
at 5:45 p.m. Present were:
Mary Ann Garton
,
President, Joan Bowman, Secretary,
Jerry Balchis
,
Treasurer, Linda Brinker,
Roberta Foerst
,
Martina Kominiarek
, Executive
Director, Susan Ziegler, Public Services Director,
Javier
Lanchang
, System Services Director, Jan O’Rourke, District
Services Consultant,
David Bauer
,
Business Manager, Carolyn Lechelt, Secretary to the Board. Absent: William Draper, Vice President, and Steven Dilliplane.
A MOTION to APPROVE the
minutes of the Regular Meeting of September 19, 2006 was made by Brinker,
SECONDED by Bowman and APPROVED unanimously.
Staff Reports:
Jan Dickler
, Levittown Branch Manager, thanked the Board for
approving the new hours. June, July and
August showed a significant increase in circulation over last year. Ms. Dickler reported on branch activities,
new staff and PA community grants.
Report of
Executive Director:
Ms. Kominiarek thanked the
Levittown
staff for their hard work.
The President, Treasurer and
Executive Director met with the Commissioners today to review and discuss the
2007 County budget. Commissioners
received a copy of the Executive Summary of the Telephone Survey conducted by
The Ivy Group for BCFL.
Report of Public Services
Director (submitted in writing):
Ms. Ziegler related various
ways branches were celebrating BCFL’s 50th anniversary.
Reported on the first In-Service/Employee
Recognition Day held on October 9th. Evaluation sheets show positive comments from the staff. Board thanked everyone who planned for this
event, with special thanks going to Chris Snyder.
Personnel Report for September
2006 (submitted in writing).
Statistical Report for September
2006 (submitted in writing).
Report of System Services
Director (submitted in writing)
Mr. Lanchang reported that it
was a pleasure to work with the
Levittown
staff while implementing self-check out and various IT and renovation projects.
Report of Adult Services
Coordinator (submitted in writing). Ms. O’Rourke reported that BCFL has received
a materials challenge. Proper procedures
are being followed per BCFL policy.
Report of Youth Services
Coordinator (submitted in
writing).
Report of Business Manager:
MOTION to APPROVE the payment
of bills for September 2006 in the amount of $389,650.91 was made by Balchis, SECONDED
by Foerst and APPROVED unanimously.
MOTION to APPROVE the September
2006 financial statements (subject to audit) was made by Brinker, SECONDED by Bowman,
and unanimously APPROVED.
Mr. Bauer presented a
nine-month review of the budget.
Board Committee Reports:
Committees did not meet this
month.
Ms. Brinker distributed a
chart showing the bids for 2007snow removal for Bensalem, Langhorne, Perkasie,
Quakertown and Yardley. [The County does
snow removal for Doylestown and
Levittown
.] A MOTION to AWARD the snow removal bids to the
lowest bidders was made by Foerst, SECONDED by Bowman and so APPROVED.
President thanked Board
members for attending the 50th anniversary celebration on Oct. 16
and also thanked the Doylestown staff,
Javier
Lanchang
, and
Joe Thompson
for overseeing the carpet installation and getting the Doylestown library ready
for its re-opening.
Correspondence – submitted in
writing.
Meeting was opened to Public
Comment. No public in attendance.
Unfinished Business - None
New Business:
Executive Director reported
that BCFL intends to submit an application for assistance to the 2007 Bucks
County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program and asked the Board to
approve a draft Resolution to show their support. A MOTION to APPROVE a Resolution Authorizing
Application to the 2007 Bucks County CDBG program was made by Balchis, SECONDED
by Foerst and unanimously APPROVED.
A MOTION to APPROVE the 2007
BCFL Holidays was made by Bowman, SECONDED by Brinker and APPROVED unanimously.
A MOTION to APPROVE the 2007
BCFL Schedule of Board meetings was made by Brinker, SECONDED by Foerst and
unanimously APPROVED.
President called for an
Executive Session at 6:19 p.m.
Meeting was reopened to the
public at 7:00 p.m.
There being no further
business, a MOTION to ADJORN was made at 7:01 p.m. by
Brinker, SECONDED by Foerst
and so MOVED.
Respectfully
submitted,
Secretary to the Board
APPROVED BY BOARD OF
DIRECTORS
NOVEMBER 21, 2006
