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River Valley District Library Board of Trustees met April 16.

Here is the minutes as provided by the board:

I. Call to Order by David Brooks at 5:30 pm. In attendance were Trustees Jill Schutts,

     Butch Hugart, Linda Warren, Barb Brandt, and Laura Andrews, Interim Director Teri

     Schwenneker, staff member Cathy Lechtenberg, and Director of Cordova Library Karen

     Lonegran. Absent was Trustee Gary Bohms.

II. March 19, 2018 Minutes—were reviewed. First motion to approve made by Linda.

     Motion approved.

III. Financial Reports—were reviewed and filed for audit.

IV. Public Comments N/A

V. Director’s Report—Highlights were shared by Teri Schwenneker. The Easter Egg hunt

     was postponed a week due to weather and was well attended. The Friend’s Plant Sale is

     scheduled for Mother’s Day weekend. The DVD’s through letter “C” have been moved

     into sleeves. The local radio station is looking for donations of old magazines, paperback

     books, and toiletries to box up and send to deployed troops. Teri also informed the board

     that she is receiving the Robert Doyle ILA Conference Grant Award. First motion to

     approve director’s report made by Linda. Motion approved.

VI. Committee Reports

          a. Community Meetings Liaisons—Linda shared an article from the Dispatch-Argus

              that incorrectly reported the library having a charging station available for electric

              cars. Next month Barb will present the trustee training she completed last year to

              the board.

          b. Library Building/Addition – no updates to report.

          c. Director search committee – Linda reported the search committee has received

              some applications and will be setting up interviews.

          Old Business

VII. Policy Manual Revisions (section 4, 8 a) – Discussion was made on Sections 4 & 8a of the

     policy manual. An option for late start due to winter weather conditions (Section 8) was

     added to the manual. First motion to accept revisions to Sections 4 & 8a as presented

     made by Barb. Motion approved.

VIII. Review and revision of Meeting Room Policy – First motion to accept Meeting Room

     Policy as presented made by Jill. Motion approved.

IX. Main Floor Carpet Bids – Discussion was made on the revised bid from Mike’s Floor Pro.

     Dave and Butch will be getting other bids using the same specifications and work toward

     investigating the failure of the carpet on the first floor.

X. Cordova residents move to Cordova library district—Various Cordova residents spoke to

     the board about switching library districts. Karen Longeran had emailed the board email

     address with information requested by the board at the last meeting, but the board had

     been unable to access it. This topic has been tabled until next month.

     New Business

XI. Illinois Electric Choice Program—Teri informed the board that she had received a phone

     call from an energy broker.

XII. Removal of cement parking blocks—Teri shared the parking lot blocks are crumbling and

     are in need of removal. Some of the blocks that are in good shape may need to be moved

     to the lower end of the parking lot. Dave will look into the removal of the blocks.

XIII. Special needs patrons—Cathy and Teri shared there is a special needs patron that has

     occasionally been disruptive while visiting the library. The staff has been following the

     policy manual when dealing with the disruptiveness, but would like to contact the Robert

     Young Center to invite an expert to come to the library to talk to the staff and public.

XIV. Levy Confirmation—The Levy Confirmation has been sent to the County Clerk’s office

     and filed.

XV. Blackhawk Bank & Trust Pledging—Teri shared Blackhawk Bank is switching to a

     different securities company. Treasurer Butch Hugart will review the information

     provided by the bank.

XVI. Trustee Training: “Board Meetings” accessed from RAILS trustee training, united for

     libraries short take training – Film will instead be presented next month due to technical

     issues.

XVII. Closed Session – Personnel and Legal – N/A

XVIII. Other – Director’s Search Committee will meet on April 23rd at 3 pm. Cathy will be

     speaking at the next Rotary Meeting about the Summer Reading Program and the Robotics

     Program.

XIX. Adjournment – First motion to adjourn was made by Linda. Motion approved. Meeting

     adjourned at 7:13 pm.

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