CITY OF SAINT PETER, MINNESOTA

 

OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS

 

MINUTES OF THE SAINT PETER LIBRARY BOARD

 

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

 

Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the Library Board of the City of Saint Peter was conducted at the St. Peter Public Library, Tuesday, November 10, 2009.

 

I.     Call to Order: 

The Library Board meeting was called to order at 5:58 pm by Chair Ken Eichmann. The following board members were present: Mary Ann Hanson, Sandra Minter, Ken Eichmann, and Audree Anderson.  Absent: Ytive Prafke, Richie Wright. Ex Officio members present: Doug Wolfe     and Jane Timmerman.

 

II.    Approval of Agenda:

       Motion was made by Anderson and seconded by Hanson to approve the agenda. Motion carried unanimously.

 

III.   Approval of Minutes:

  Motion was made by Hanson and seconded by Anderson to approve the September 8, 2009 meeting minutes.  Motion carried unanimously.

 

IV.   Librarian Report:

  Nicollet County Book Rotation Program:

                    Contract will be expiring on December 31, 2009. The Nicollet County Library Board voted to discontinue the Nicollet Library project. The last rotation of books will be on November 18.

 

  Donations:

  Library continues to receive donations of good quality books to add to the collection. 

 

  Traverse des Sioux Director’s meeting:

  No report. Next meeting is November 12.

 

  Page Peddler Program:  

Services six senior sites in Saint Peter. The books included in the project are two years old and it’s now time to add more current books to the distribution possibly with help from the Schmidt Foundation.

           

St. Peter Reads:

Kevin Kling, author of “Holiday Inn” and a Gustavus graduate will be in St. Peter on Friday, November 20.  He will be at the library for book signing and then speak at Bjorling Hall in the           evening.

 

Staff Updates:

Staff is recommending Janet Smutka as a replacement for the Library Associate position vacated by Susan Munson.  She is expected to start on Tuesday, November 24.

 

Board Member Minter left at 6:30 p.m.

 

VI. Old Business:

A.      Friends of the Library report:

         No report.  Next meeting of FOL is scheduled for November 17.

B.      Strategic Planning – tabled. 

 

VII. New Business

                   A.      Legacy funding.

Traverse des Sioux Director Dayle Zelenka, was invited to the board meeting to talk in depth about legacy funding and how the St. Peter Library could benefit from it.  Funds are divided   into four areas for disbursement, one of which is sub-grants administrated through the Traverse des Sioux Library System.  Arts and cultural organizations must partner with a public library on a project and apply for a grant through TdS.  There is a monthly rolling deadline for grant submissions. These funds need to be spent by June 30, 2010. On Wednesday, December 2 from 10 a.m. to noon there will be a Legacy Funding workshop at the St. Peter Public Library.

 

                             Board Member Anderson left at 6:45 p.m.

 

B.      Goals for 2010.

         Tabled.

 

VIII. Other Business

Discussion on our January meeting date.  Our regular meeting date would be Tuesday, January 18, 2010 but due to the Martin Luther King holiday on Monday, January 17 the City Council will be meeting on Tuesday which doesn’t allow Library Board Chair and City Council member Ken     Eichmann to attend the Library Board meeting.  Meeting will be moved to the second or fourth Tuesday of the month depending on availability for the majority of Board members. 

         

 

There being no other business, and no quorum remaining, the meeting ended at 7:00 p.m.

 

 

 

 

                                                                                  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Sandra Minter, Secretary