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Board Meeting Minutes
April 14, 2010
Central Library, Board Room
4:00 p.m.
ATTENDING
K. Alford, R. Manning, V. Biesiada, B. Morgan-Baker,S. Jones, D. Stack, A. Lombardi, J. Suddaby
ABSENT
H. J. Hubert; R. McMahon, J. Kianka
ALSO PRESENT
E. Dailey, E. Loftus, G. Cox, K. Park, S. Carmer, S. Kushner, R. Dunsmore
WELCOME
Ms. Suddaby called the meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S REPORT
Ms. Dailey gave a report on the following topics:
- Meeting: Thursday, May 13 at noon in the Central Library, Board Room with Mark Stanczyk and Tom Buckel.
- System Retreat: June 8th at the Arrowhead Lodge. Kathy Homestead will be the speaker for the morning session. The afternoon session will cover technology trends.
- Grants:
- IMLS: Received a preservation grant for $3,000 for Local History/Genealogy’s Autograph Manuscript Collection.
- ALA/Dollar General: Received The American Dream Starts @your library grant for $5,000, which is funded by the Dollar General and administered by ALA to support adult literacy in Onondaga County.
- NYS Construction grants that OCPL applied for have been received.
- Special Legislative Project: Library was officially notified of a $50,000 grant for “Electronic Information Center and support for library programs” through Senator Valesky’s office. This grant will be used to purchase electronic databases that will be accessible to every county resident.
- Public Library Association Conference (PLA): Six employees from OCPL attended the conference. Attendees will each put together a report, which will be on Inside OCPL for all staff members’ use.
- Subpoenas: The County Law Department and the District Attorney’s Office put together a set of procedures. This information will also be presented at the OCPL System Retreat in June.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Ms. Lombardi moved the minutes of the February 10, 2010 Board meeting. Mr. Manning seconded, the motion carried unanimously.
Ms. Lombardi moved the minutes of the March 10, 2010 Board meeting. Mr. Manning seconded, the motion carried unanimously.
ACTION/DISCUSSION
Action Items
Resolution: 10-12 Ms. Lombardi moved the following resolution:
Resolved, That the OCPL Board of Trustees accepts the Technology Plan.
Ms. Biesiada seconded, the motion carried unanimously. (Mr. Alford and Ms. Jones were not present at the time of the vote.)
Resolved, That the OCPL Board of Trustees approve the Tobacco Free Policy.
Mr. Manning seconded, the motion carried unanimously. (Mr. Alford and Ms. Jones were not present at the time of the vote.)
Due to a lack of a quorum at the March meeting, Resolutions 10-12 and 10-13 were approved by the Executive Committee in March and ratified by the Board at the April meeting.
Resolution: 10-14 Ms. Lombardi moved the following resolution:
Resolved, That the OCPL Board of Trustees approves the revised Privacy/Confidentiality Policy.
Ms. Stack seconded, the motion carried unanimously. (Mr. Alford and Ms. Jones were not present at the time of the vote.)
Resolution: 10-15 Mr. Manning moved the following resolution:
Resolved, That the OCPL Board of Trustees approves the submission of the Special Legislation Project Grant from Senator Valesky in the amount of $50,000 administered by OCPL for system-wide databases.
Ms. Biesiada seconded, the motion carried unanimously. (Mr. Alford and Ms. Jones were not present at the time of the vote.)
OCSL
Mr. Kushner announced that Onondaga Free library will be moving into their expanded facility this week and the grand opening is scheduled for May 3rd at 10:00 a.m.
FOCL
Ms. Dailey reported that FOCL will be having a fundraiser at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo on April 15 at 5:30p.m.
FOUNDATION
They didn’t meet last month and their next meeting is scheduled for April 28th.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Ms. Stack attended her first Advisory Council meeting on April 13th and found it to be very informative.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Government Relations Mr. Manning reviewed his handout on the key events within the last month and the upcoming events of the Committee.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Ms. Suddaby addressed the Board attendance issue. She asked the Board members for guidance on how they feel this should be handled. The Board came to a consensus that the Board president should first contact the Board members that are affected by this to see if their schedules are still able to accommodate their commitment to the OCPL Board and then reiterate the Board’s by-laws that addresses this issue. At this present time, the Board is not looking to enforce the by-laws segment that suggests after four unexcused absences a Board member is considered to have resigned. Since the Board is in the process of reviewing its by-laws, this is something that will be looked over to see if any revisions will need to be made.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
At 5:00 p.m., Ms. Jones moved to go into executive session to discuss a personnel matter. Ms. Lombardi seconded.
No action was taken. Ms. Lombardi moved to end executive session. Ms. Jones seconded.
ADJOURNMENT
Ms. Biesiada moved to adjourn open session.
Ms. Suddaby adjourned the meeting at 5:10 p.m.
Gail M. Cox
Administrative Aide
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