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August 2 Minutes

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Board Minutes from the August 2nd Board Meeting


MASON CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING
8/2/2010

President List called the meeting to order at 7:11 p.m.  Present: Trustees Meyer, Power, McCreery, List and Director Yeoman.  Absent: Edison, Smith and Herold. 
       
Correspondence:  None
     
Minutes:  The minutes from the 6/7/2010 meeting were reviewed.  Meyer made a motion to accept the minutes, seconded by McCreery, all ayes, motion carried.

Treasurer's Report:  The treasurer's reports for June and July were reviewed.  Power made a motion to accept both the treasurer’s reports, seconded by McCreery, all ayes, and motion carried.

Library Report:
June
 981 patrons were served, 1,250 items were checked out, 1,279 items were checked in, 93 magazines were circulated, 86 reference questions were resolved, 130 requests were placed, 1,225 requests were resolved, 110 holds were taken care of, 50 overdue notices of which 38 were first notices and 9 were second notices, 1 patrons were added to the database and 3 were deleted, 20 new bibliographic records were added to the database and 10 were deleted, 112 items were added to the collection while 40 were deleted, and through ILL 114 items were delivered and 1,201 were sent out.
July
1,009 patrons were served, 1,332 items were checked out, 1,243 items were checked in, 67 magazines were circulated, 69 reference questions were resolved, 133 requests were placed, 1,151 requests were resolved, 116 holds were taken care of, 56 overdue notices of which 38 were first notices and 14 were second notices, 7 patrons were added to the database and 5 were deleted, 6 new bibliographic records were added to the database and 0 were deleted, 195 items were added to the collection while 10 were deleted, and through ILL 119 items were delivered and 1,182 were sent out.
   
New Business:

Special reserve fund was reviewed and items no longer valid due to fulfillment were removed from the list and Power made a motion, seconded by Meyer that the current list designation will be for a future addition or additional shelving, all ayes, motion carried.
 
Working Cash Fund was discussed.  Currently the interest remains in the account due to the fact that it is in CD form.  Meyer made a motion, seconded by McCreery that the interest from the working cash fund is designated for saving for a future addition.


Unfinished Business:
 
Committee Reports:
Finance:  none 
Personnel: none 
Policy:  none
Building & Grounds: none

Power made a motion to adjourn since there was no additional business to discuss, seconded by Meyer, all ayes, motion carried.  The meeting was adjourned at 8:24 p.m.

      Respectfully submitted,
      Gisa Power

Location & Hours

LOCATION
820 West Chestnut St.
Mason City, IL 62664
217-482-3799 

HOURS
Mon: 10am-7pm
Tues-Fri: 12pm-5pm
Sat: 10am-12noon
Sun: Closed
Open 8am-12pm M-F when school is in session

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