Library By-Laws Committee

Wheaton Public Library Board Meeting Minutes of By-Laws Committee Meeting February 3, 2014 I. Call to Order and Roll Call: The By-Laws Committee of the Wheaton Public Library held a meeting on Monday, February 3, 2014 in the Library Board Room. Chairperson, Ms. Porter called the meeting to order at 7:08 p.m. Members present at roll call were Mr. Cho, Mrs. Fenne, Mr. Harding and Mrs. Wonser. Mrs. Betsy Adamowski, Library Director was also in attendance. II. Motion to Approve 11.11.2013 By-Law Committee Meeting Minutes: Mrs. Fenne made the motion approve 11.11.2013 minutes. Mrs. Wonser seconded the motion. No discussion was made. Roll Call Vote Ayes: Mr. Cho Ms. Porter Mrs. Wonser Mrs. Fenne Nays: None Abstain: Mr. Harding Motion was carried. III. Review of Draft of Wheaton Public Library By-Laws: The first draft of the WPL By-Laws was given to City Attorney James Knippen for review. The purpose of this meeting was to review Mr. Knippen’s suggested changes: Article II. Board of Trustees: Section 1. General Powers: The committee agreed to accept suggested wording with the exception of the wording in the first sentence, “a municipal library, department board of the City of Wheaton, as a home rule municipality.” Section 2. Number, Tenure and Qualifications: The committee agreed to accept all suggested wording. However, the committee recommends leaving the word “nine” and “Illinois State law” in the first sentence. Section 4. Liaisons: The committee agreed to leave this section as it was originally intended. Article III. Meetings: Section 1, Annual Meeting Number 7: The committee recommends adding the word “monetary” before the word “accumulations”. Number 8: The committee recommends leaving this section as it was originally intended. Number 9 (which was suggested by Attorney Knippen): The committee recommends removing all suggested wording. Number 10 (which will change to Number 9): The committee recommends the original wording. Section 2, Regular Meeting The committee recommends changing the word, “executive” to “closed” in the second sentence. The committee recommends leaving the word “must” and not using the word “suggested” in the 5th sentence. Section 5, Order of Business  The committee recommends leaving the original wording as intended and removing all references to Adams Trust (Quarterly). Section 7, Manner of Acting The committee recommends leaving all suggested changes and to use Sturgis and remove Roberts Rules of Order. Section 8, Remote Participation The committee recommends to accept all suggested changes and to remove the sentence, “The circumstances which allow a Trustee to participate via video or audio conference are personal illness or disability, employment purposes, business of the Library, family emergency or other emergency.” Section 9, Compensation The committee recommends accepting all suggested changes. Article IV. Trustees, Officers, Library Director: Section 4, Committee recommends leaving all wording as originally intended. IV. Adjournment: There being no further business Mr. Cho made the motion to adjourn the meeting. Mr. Harding seconded the motion. No discussion was made. Roll Call Vote Ayes: Mr. Cho Ms. Porter Mrs. Wonser Mrs. Fenne Mr. Harding Nays: None Abstain: None Motion was carried and Meeting was adjourned at 7:50 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Betsy Adamowski, Library Director Wheaton Public Library