East Central Reporter

Robinson Public Library District Board of Trustees met Sept. 17.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

Board members present:  Craig Beals, Todd Liston, Rhonda Moade, Guy Rumler, Debbie Scott and Debbie Walls

Board members absent:  Michael Garrard

Total board members present: 6

Library staff present: Doug Roberts, Director; Janice Shick, Bookkeeper; Mindi Williamson, Children’s Librarian

Library staff absent:  None

Guests present: Bill Burke, Crawford County Board Chairman

Public Present: None

Meeting called to order at 5:27 p.m.

Following roll call, and prior to action item discussions, the board heard from Crawford County Board Chairman Bill Burke.  Mr. Burke outlined the specifics associated with the proposed tax abatement resolution within the county’s enterprise zone.

Action Items:

Approved to accept the Tax Abatement Resolution 2024-09-17 Authorizing Tax Abatement within the Enterprise Zone.  A roll call of six approved.

Approved to accept the August 20, 2024 board meeting minutes as written, with no changes.  A roll call of six approved.

Approved the August Check Register results as presented by bookkeeper, Janice Shick. A roll call of six approved. Board was also provided with a brief review of the month/year-to-date balance sheet results and the aged payables report.

Approved Levy Ordinance (Ordinance 2024-6). Roll call of six approved.

Approved the 2025 Robinson Public Library District holidays.  Roll call of six approved.

Reviewed closed session minutes in accordance with 5 ILCS 120/2.06(d).  Roll call of six approved the motion to keep the minutes closed.

Approved to change the frequency of the Commercial Insurance bid process from an annual basis to every two years.  Roll call of six approved.

Discussion Items:

President’s report highlighted the following:

Nothing to report.

Board heard Director’s report which highlighted the following:

Parkhurst Landscaping shaped up the recently planted shrubbery at the front entrance and in the southeast patio area of the Robinson Library on Monday, September 9.  They also trimmed back the bushes at the front of the building and cleared the section of guttering just above the bush that we couldn’t get to previously.

Robinson staff took part in encoding/tagging training session on Tuesday, September 17 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

I have joined the SHARE E-Resources Committee.  My first meeting with the group is via Zoom on Monday, September 23 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

This year’s library crawl will again run from October 1 through October 31.  We have ordered customized, library-inspired stoneware coffee mugs to be used, initially, as a give-away item for this year’s library crawl visitors.  Each mug will be filled with Hershey candy.  We’re not sure yet what type – Heath, Payday, etc.  This will give each visitor to our district a little piece of our community to take back with them.

Working on purchasing some library-branded sweatshirts for the staff.  Also looking at purchasing a stand-up banner holder and a table cloth with the library logo emblazoned on them.

Shared Chapters 1-4 of Serving Our Public 4.0: Standards for Illinois Public Libraries for the group to review.

Board heard the Children’s Librarian report:

Started story hour has started back up again following the summer hiatus.

Planning for a couple of Halloween-related events – Trick or Treat at the Trail to be held at Lincoln Trail and our own Monster Bash.

We had a stuffed animal party.  This was an event where the kids stuffed the animals with the filler (much like Build-A-Bear).  In addition to constructing their new “friend”, participants were read to; danced to some songs; and enjoyed some ice cream.  We had 21 participants.

Working on next year’s summer reading events scheduling.  Met with other local libraries to plan out which acts to contact for dates.

Debbie Scott summarized upcoming events and then made a motion to adjourn.  All were in favor.

Meeting adjourned at 6:21 p.m.

https://robinsonpubliclibrary.com/about-us/board-of-trustees/minutes/