Library Board of Trustees

Library Board of Trustees Minutes of Meeting July 17, 2017 Sterling Heights Public Library 40255 Dodge Park, Sterling Heights, MI 48313 586-446-2665 I. Call to Order Meeting was called to order by Chris Frezza, Chair, at 5:34 p.m. II. Roll Call Members Present: Dave Brown, Chris Frezza, June Hughes, Stacy Ziarko Members Absent: Josephine Berthet III. Approval of Agenda Motion to approve the Agenda was made by Brown, seconded by Ziarko. Motion carried. IV. Approval of Minutes Hughes made a motion to approve the minutes of the meeting of May 15, 2017, seconded by Brown. Motion carried. V. Communication from Citizens Brown presented Turgeon with a letter of appreciation. Turgeon will share a copy with the Mayor and City Manager. VI. Monthly Reports, Statistics, and Correspondence A. Building-Wide Stats – FY2016 / FY2017 Board reviewed statistics. Circulation ended the year down from last fiscal year. Reference questions were similar to last fiscal year. Volunteer hours were the same as last fiscal year. Program attendance was up 3,000 attendees over last year! Collection size continues to grow year over year due to purchasing ebooks and eaudiobooks. Library visits are down compared to last year, but the new patron counters were installed in February 2017 so the comparison will not be accurate until February 2018. B. Monthly Issues – May and June 2017 Board reviewed the monthly issues reports. Highlights discussed: A DeKeyser Elementary School tour brought a lot of positive feedback. The StoryWalks in front of the Library and Police sidewalks are doing well. The Memorial Day Parade was a success. The Library’s cable channel was eliminated, but six hours of  programming will be hosted on the city’s channel for the Library. The Teen Advisory Board had its first meeting and it was very successful. C. Compliment/Complaint Forms Board reviewed compliments. Received compliments for the Outreach program, Toddler Time program, Boogie Woogie Kid program, My Journey as an Author with Autism program, and the organization of the library. Staff recognition was received for Rebecca LaFave, Danielle Kopacki, Laurie Zachwieja, the staff at the Info desk, and the Library staff in general. Board reviewed complaints. Patron upset about the location of the ramp. This can not be changed. Patron would like Storytime to continue during the summer. Unfortunately we can not accommodate additional programming due to the Summer Reading Program staffing demands. Patron suggested having closed captioning on for the movies. Patron complained Library was hot. This is always a problem during the transition between Spring and Summer. VII. Suburban Library Cooperative Cooperative increased the Internet speed at shared system member libraries’ buildings. New PCs were installed in June. VIII. Friends of the Library A. Bookstore Report The bookstore sales for this year are behind last year. John went to Eastern Market on Sunday for a book event to sell books from the Friends’ Used but Sterling bookstore. They made over $380 selling books for $2 hardcover and $1 paperback. Ziarko indicated that she would be willing to help next year and has a van to bring more books so that an additional space could be rented. A suggestion was made that the Friends’ bags could also be sold. Turgeon will present the ideas to the Friends Board. IX. Unfinished Business none X. New Business A. Circulation Policy Revision Motion to approve the revised Circulation Policy was made by Brown, supported by Hughes. Motion carried. XI. Adjourn Motion was made by Ziarko to adjourn, supported by Brown. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:00 p.m.