Historical Commission

Library Board of Trustees Minutes of Meeting November 16, 2015 Sterling Heights Public Library 40255 Dodge Park, Sterling Heights, MI 48313 586-446-2665 I. Call to Order Meeting was called to order by Don Schinzing at 6 p.m. II. Roll Call Members Present: Josephine Berthet, Chris Frezza, June Hughes, Don Schinzing Members Absent: Dave Brown III. Approval of Agenda Berthet made a motion to approve the Agenda, seconded by Hughes. Motion carried. IV. Approval of Minutes Frezza made a motion to approve the minutes of the meeting on September 21, 2015, seconded by Berthet. Motion carried. V. Communication from Citizens none VI. Monthly Reports, Statistics, and Correspondence A. Building-Wide Stats – FY2015 / FY2016 Board reviewed statistics. Circulation is up compared to last year. The Database/Website/Cat Searches are way down from last year. This could be due to how the new website reports hits compared to the old website. However, catalog searches are also down. Hold fulfillment is up also. B. Monthly Issues – September and October 2015 Board reviewed the monthly issues reports. Board is pleased with the book club being held at Burr Elementary. Annual conference attendance gave the library some new ideas to try with collection displays. C. Compliment/Complaint Forms Board reviewed compliments. Received compliments for being open on Sundays again, adult programming, and the Families and Jammies program. Special recognition was received for service provided by Rebecca LaFave, Brent Efing, Jennifer Smart, and Tricia Ryan. Board reviewed complaints. Patron wants the Friends’ Bookstore open on Sundays.  It has never been open on Sundays, but Turgeon copied the comment card for the Friends’ Bookstore chair to consider. Patron complained that carpet smells. GDI spot cleans carpet as needed and fully cleans yearly. Turgeon requested replacement of carpet in the Capital budget process. Patron complained that Programming Center is cold. This is an ongoing issue and we work with Facilities to regulate it, but it depends on the number of people in the room and the time of day. We will continue to try to resolve this. Patron complained about not having an electronic buggy for patrons to use. This is not something the Library has considered providing due to cost. The library does have a wheelchair that can be used. Patron complained about not being able to check out the daily newspapers. The newspapers are not available for check out due to timeliness and are for in library use only. VII. Suburban Library Cooperative The Cooperative’s Library Update Breakfast is being held on Monday, December 7th at the Clinton Macomb Public Library. Berthet and Hughes will attend. VIII. Friends of the Library A. Bookstore Report The bookstore has comparable sales to last year. The Friends have a new Membership chair. B. Quarterly Treasurer’s Report Board reviewed report. C. Friends 2016 Budget The Friends budget for next year is $50,500 to continue to pay for existing programs/services. There are no new items being provided. IX. Unfinished Business A. Snack Machine in Library A 30 day trial of having the snack machine in the public area was conducted. Minimal problems occurred with patrons bringing in outside food. The Board reviewed the sales figures’ comparisons over the last year. Keeping the machine in the public area would generate about $90 more per month for the Friends. Motion was made by Hughes to keep the snack machine in the public area, supported by Berthet. Motion carried. X. New Business A. Code of Conduct Policy Revision Update was made to the policy to indicate that only snack foods and covered beverages are allowed in the building. Motion to recommend the revised Code of Conduct policy was made by Frezza, supported by Berthet. Motion carried. B. 2016-17 Library Closings Calendar Motion to approve the proposed 2016-17 Library Closings calendar was made by Berthet, supported by Frezza. Motion carried. XI. Adjourn Motion was made by Hughes to adjourn, supported by Berthet. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m.