Today: 9am - 8pm
Outstanding Year-End Success & New Programs!

Record Book Sale: $1,576.15 - Our best yet!

Peak December Usage: 251 daily visitors

NEW Programs: "Read Away Your Fines" & "Read It To Eat It" launching January 2017

Hamburg Township Library Board of Trustees Meeting

December 20, 2016

Location: Library Meeting Room

Address: 10411 Merrill Rd., Hamburg, MI 48139

Called to Order: 7:00 PM

Adjourned: 8:04 PM

Board Members Present - Full Attendance
  • Jodie Colone Secretary
  • Peg Eibler
  • Mary Evergreen Treasurer
  • Michaelene Farrell President
  • Richelle Hocking Vice President
  • Jim Katakowski
Perfect Attendance
All board members present
Also Present
  • Holly Hentz
  • Christine Weber

Meeting Minutes

Call to Order

Meeting called to order at 7:00pm in the library meeting room.

Approval Of:
Motion 1: Agenda Approval

Motion: Motion to approve the agenda as presented
Made by: Evergreen
Seconded by: Colone
Status: Motion carried

Motion 2: Previous Minutes

Motion: Motion to approve the minutes from November 15, 2016 meeting as presented
Made by: Hocking
Seconded by: Evergreen
Status: Motion carried

Call to the Public
None present.
Financial
Motion 3: November 2016 Financial Report

Motion: Motion to approve Financial Report for November 2016
Made by: Eibler
Seconded by: Colone
Status: Motion carried

Motion 4: Library Voucher

Motion: Motion to accept Library Voucher #561 in the amount of $79,029.60
Made by: Evergreen
Seconded by: Katakowski
Status: Motion carried

Librarian's Report
November 2016 Statistics - Peak Holiday Usage!

251

Daily Visitors

Peak Usage!

43

New Patrons

6,127

Item Checkouts

309

Axis360

96

Zinio Circulation

294

Computer Use

Marketing & Social Media - Facebook 540!

90

Instagram Followers

268

Twitter Followers

540

Facebook Followers

540 Milestone!
Marketing Updates
Senior Center Christmas Lunch

Hentz served coffee to 120+ people on 12/6/16

Winter 2017 Newsletter

Mailed this week, program registration begins 12/19/16

Record Book Sale Success!
Book Sale Revenue: $1,576.15 - Our best book sale yet!
NEW Programs Launching January 2017!
Read Away Your Fines

Ongoing program: $0.50 fine reduction for every 30 minutes of reading time on children's cards

Read It To Eat It

January-March: Rewards at 4 local restaurants after reading 12 books

Partners: Mimi's Diner, Hamburg Subway, Boomer's Pizza, Dragon Court

Holiday Closure Schedule
  • December 24-26 - Christmas
  • December 31 - January 2 - New Year
  • January 16 - MLK Day
Upcoming January 2017 Programs
January 2017 Programs - New Year Launch
  • Library Book Club: Pot Luck 1/4 - 12:00pm
    Special Event
  • All Storytimes Begin This Week 1/9 - Various times
    Regular Programming Resumes
  • Tai Chi (4-session series: 2/13, 3/6, 4/10, 5/8) 1/9 - 6:30pm
    Free
  • Lunch & Learn: New Year's Get Organized 1/12 - 12:00pm
    Free
  • Thursday Matinee: The Huntsman: Winter's War (PG13) 1/19 - 1:00pm
    Free
Correspondence
Several holiday cards from patrons and vendors.
Old Business
1) Community Needs Assessment

Board discussion of the Community Needs Assessment Survey was tabled until January.

2) Hanging Lights Progress

Progress: New LED unit has been installed in one fixture and it works very well.

The rest of the units have been ordered and will be installed soon.

3) Meeting Room Partition Update

Contractor Bill Moore investigated and discovered the problem:

Issue: Track holding the partition has bowed and needs to be reattached (not concrete floor buckling)

Next Step: He will submit a proposal for the work

New Business
Policy Review: Administration Policies, Section 8-15

The Board approved all corrections & additions to this section.

Next Month: Personnel Policies, sections 1-8

Relevant Board Issues
United for Libraries Video

Short Takes for Trustee video, tabled.

January Meeting Absence

Jim Katakowski will not be at the January meeting.

Adjournment
Motion 5: Adjourn Meeting

Motion: Motion to adjourn
Made by: Katakowski
Seconded by: Eibler
Status: Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:04pm

Next Meeting

January 17, 2017

7:00 PM | Library Meeting Room