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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
Coldwater Branch Library
  10 E. Chicago St., Coldwater MI 49036
Monday, February 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-O)

    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: January 18, 2016
    2. CPL Regular Board Meeting Minutes: January 11, 2016
    3. Financial Statements: January 2016
    4. Branch County Penal Fine Report: December 2015
    5. Acting Director's Report: February, 12 2016
    6. Branch Reports: February 12, 2016
    7. Coldwater Kids’ Place Report: February 2016
    8. Coldwater Adult Programming: January/February 2016
    9. Monthly Statistical Report: January 2016
    10. Book Budget: December 2015
    11. Capital Projects: December 2015
    12. Newspaper Coverage: February, 12 2016
    13. Patron Comments: February, 12 2016
    14. NewsBank
    15. Hoopla

    END OF CONSENT AGENDA
  6. Approval of the Agenda
  7. 2015 Audit Report
  8. Director Search Committee Report
  9. Bills: January 1, 8, and 22, 2016
  10. Century Bank CD
  11. Capital Requests
  12. Fire Alarm Bids
  13. Building Committee: Met February 9, 2016
  14. Ad-hoc Committee for Public Services: Met February 12, 2016
  15. Systems Librarian Report*: February, 15 2016
    * The Systems Librarian continues to monitor and assure compliance with the Children’s Internet Protection Act.
  16. Announcements

    The next scheduled meeting of the Branch District Library Board of Trustees will be held Monday, March 21, 2016, at 5:30 pm in the meeting room of the Coldwater Branch Library.

  17. 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.

  18. 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