Board Meeting Minutes

OLNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

January 10, 2023

      • Call to Order – Roll Call
        The monthly meeting of the Olney Public Library Board of Trustees was called to order by President Julia Eichhorst January 10, 2023 at 5:30pm.
        Present – Board members present present included Julia Eichhorst, Chelsea Rude, Crystal Trout, David Abell, Denyse Eagleson, Amy Keck, Rachel Kinkade
        Absent – Julie Hill, Brandan Michels
        Others Present – Logan Braddock, Director and Janilyn Travis, Bookkeeper
      • Recognition of Visitors and Public Comments – N/A
      • Secretary’s Report and Approval of Previous Minutes
        The minutes of the December 13, meeting were reviewed. Chelsea Rude made a motion to approve the minutes. David Abell seconded the motion. Measure carried.
      • Treasurer’s Report & Approval of Bills Payable
        • The December 2022 financial reports and bills payable were reviewed. Crystal Trout made a motion to approve both. David Abell seconded the motion. Measure carried.
        • Chelsea Rude made a motion to open the budget for several changes:
          • Add the Mary Heath Grant to both the Income and Expense lines of the budget and increase both for the grant received of $800. This grant will be used to purchase board games and activities.
          • Add $5875 to miscellaneous receipts and miscellaneous programming expenses for the Elks donation and giving program which the library partnered with;
          • Change the verbiage of the expense lines of Carrie Winters Resource Center to Carrie Winters Fall Grant and Carrie Winters Trust Summer Programming to Carrie Winters Spring Grant;
          • Add $4000 to the Carrie Winters Trust income and Carrie Winters Fall Grant expense line. This grant will be used for the maker’s space area being added to the library.
        • Crystal Trout seconded the motion. Measure carried. The trustees would like to thank both the Mary Heath Foundation and the Carrie Winters Foundations for their generosity.
      • Committee Reports
        Finance Committee –No report
        Personnel Committee –No report
        Policy/Bylaws Committee–No report
        Building/Grounds Committee–No report
        Public Relations/Marketing Committee–No report
        Technology Committee-No report
        Planning Committee-No report
      • Librarian’s Report – Logan presented a written report and schedule for the library usage.
      • Correspondence/Communication/Public Relations – N/A
      • Old Business – Logan updated the board about his plan to add a Maker’s Space to the library.
      • New Business
      • Executive Session – N/A.
      • Adjournment – Chelsea Rude made a motion to adjourn the meeting. David Abell seconded the motion. Measure carried. Meeting was adjourned at 6:01 pm.

Minutes submitted by Crystal Trout