July 15

Minutes of the Bayfield Carnegie Library Board of Trustees Meeting Library Board of Trustees Meeting: Wednesday, July 15th. Called to order at 4:01 pm. ATTENDANCE Present: Teresa Weber, Mary Lynch as president, Shyam Gray, Linda Georgeson, Jon Carpenter, Bill Bland, Annunziata Feldis via zoom MINUTES The president approves the minutes of the June meeting as accepted. FINANCIAL REPORTS • Utilities will more than likely be above budget by the end of the year. The city sets the budget for that line item. • Arrow Lift has been paid a second payment, with ½ of the balance due remaining. The money has been transferred from Fund 252 to Fund 410. • Mr. Windows from Washburn washed the windows. Two have been found to be broken by the city crew while mowing. • The Motion to move $10,000 from checking into the jumbo savings account made by Georgeson, seconded by Bland. Motion Carried. Motion to pay bills made by Georgeson, seconded by Bland. Motion Carried. LIBRARIANS REPORT • E-use may be 30%of physical checkouts. The electronic collections are expensive and have a two-year contract. We are required to provide this service but are not getting credit for the e-checkouts. • A couple of the sashes on the lower windows are bad and there are a couple of storm windows that have moisture trapped. Mr. Windows will email what he found. CONTINUING BUSINESS • Landscaping Report: The retaining wall lies on city property and the end of it is on the neighbor’s property (Bayfield County Housing). Motion to complete the civil survey made by Gray, seconded by Carpenter. Motion Carried. • Lift Report: The lift has been ordered. There is still a list of things to do: commercial electrician, construction to make a header, a 6x6 beam needs to be placed between the rafters. NEW BUSINESS • Eric Faber (The Tech Guy) travels between the libraries. The Bayfield County Technology Grant ends this fall. There is discussion among the libraries to figure out how to fund this well-received program. • BSL grant requests are due July 24. Teresa will be requesting $24,000, the County Library Board will approve grant money distribution. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS • Report from the landscaping committee • Lift update • Report on BSL grant • Budget draft The next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 19th at 4pm. Meeting adjourned at 5:06 pm. Respectfully submitted, Shyam Devi Gray