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Erica Ewers, President, County-at-Large
Benjamin Jewell, Vice President, City of Coldwater
Marilyn Johnson, Secretary, Union Twp.
Daniel Gordon, City of Coldwater
Susan Smith, Quincy
Lewis Uhrig, Bronson
Martha Watson, County-at-Large

Board of Trustees Regular Meeting
Sherwood Branch Library
  118 Sherman St., Sherwood MI 49089
Monday, August 15, 2016
5:30 PM

AGENDA

  1. Call to Order
  2. Pledge of Allegiance
  3. Roll Call / Attendance
  4. Time for Public Comments

    This is a time for participation from the public. Those wishing to speak should indicate their desire to do so now and identify themselves for the record. Some questions may require research, in which case no answer may be available at this time.

  5. Consent Agenda (Items A-Y)

    Items listed in the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine matters or items not needing further discussion. Board members should indicate now if they would like any items moved from the Consent Agenda for discussion. Approval of these items will be enacted in one motion.

    1. BDL Regular Board Meeting Minutes:  July 18, 2016
    2. BDL Special Board Meeting:  June 29, 2016
    3. CPL Regular Board Meeting Minutes:  July 11, 2016
    4. Financial Statements:  July 2016
    5. Branch County Penal Fine Report:  July 2016
    6. Director's Report:  August 12, 2016
    7. Branch Reports:  August 10, 2016
    8. Coldwater Kids’ Place Report:  August 2016
    9. Coldwater Adult Programming:  August 2016
    10. Systems Librarian Report*:   August 12, 2016
      * The Systems Librarian continues to monitor and assure compliance with the Children’s Internet Protection Act.
    11. Monthly Statistical Report:  January 2016 (Updated)
    12. Monthly Statistical Report:  February 2016 (Updated)
    13. Monthly Statistical Report:  March 2016 (Updated)
    14. Monthly Statistical Report:  April 2016 (Updated)
    15. Monthly Statistical Report:  May 2016 (Updated)
    16. Monthly Statistical Report:  June 2016
    17. Monthly Statistical Report:  July 2016
    18. Book Budget:  July 206
    19. Capital Projects:  July 2016
    20. Community Promotions Budget:  June 2016
    21. Community Promotions Budget: July 2016
    22. Trust Information:  July 2016
    23. Financial Information:  July 2016
    24. Newspaper Coverage:  August 12, 2016 
    25. Patron Comments: August 12, 2016

    END OF CONSENT AGENDA
  6. Approval of the Agenda
  7. Bills:   July 1, 8, and 22, 2016
  8. Request for payment of ongoing annual membership for Library Director for ALA and new annual membership for MLA
  9. Capital Requests 
  10. Building Committee Met: August 12, 2016
  11. Personnel Committee Met:  July 29, and August 15, 2016
  12. Report from this month's host branch: Sherwood
  13. Announcements

    The next scheduled meeting of the Branch District Library Board of Trustees will be held Monday, September 19, 2016, at 5:30 pm at the Lucille E. Dearth Union Twp. Branch Library.

  14. Additional Public Comments

    This is a time for participation from the public. Those wishing to speak should indicate their desire to do so now and identify themselves for the record. Some questions may require research, in which case no answer may be available at this time.

  15. Adjournment

The Branch District Library will provide necessary and reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon one week’s notice to the Branch District Library by writing or calling the following:

Branch District Library, 10 E. Chicago St., Coldwater, MI 49036
(517) 278-2341
secretary@BranchDistrictLibrary.org