Thursday, March 18, 2010, 7:30PM

• Call to Order
• Call to Audience
• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of Minutes
• Communications
• Report of the Library Director
• Old Business
  • Contract for RFID Sorting System (item of action)
• New Business
  • Team Canton (item of discussion)
  • Liberty Fest parking request from Canton Township (item of action)
• Call to Audience
• Adjourn

The Chairperson, Colleen Van Auken, called the meeting to order at 7:32PM
Present: K. Schulz, M. Siegrist, D. Turner, C. Van Auken, J. Fausone
Absent: G. Snow
Also Present: E. Davis, K. Gladden

Call to Audience

No comments (R. Havenstein-Coughlin, A. Heidemann, C. McLaughlin, L. Papa, S. Rzetelny)

Approval of Agenda

The agenda was approved as amended

Approval of Minutes

Minutes of the December 17th Meeting were approved as presented

Communications

Eva Davis shared a postcard from George Snow. She also said he had emailed that he would not be in attendance at the January meeting.

She then shared an invitation to the Board to join the Association of Library Trustees, Advocates, Friends and Foundations (ALTAFF). This organization is a division of the American Library Association (ALA) which was formed by the merger of the Association of Library Trustees and Advocates (ALTA) and Friends of Libraries U.S.A. (FOLUSA). The membership fee would be $100. The Friends have also been invited to join; they are past members of FOLUSA.

Thursday, February 25, 2010, 7:30PM

• Call to Order
• Call to Audience
• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of Minutes
• Communications
• Report of the Library Director
• Old Business
  • Endowment Fund Philosophy (item of discussion)
  • Contract for RFID Sorting System (item of action)
• New Business
  • Library Director Performance Evaluation & Objectives Setting Process (item of discussion)
  • Jungle Java Express lease renewal (item of discussion)
  • Schedule Laurie Golden to present an overview of User Profiles (item of discussion)
• Call to Audience
• Adjourn

The Canton Public Library Board of Trustees has approved the following change to the February Board meeting:

The February Board meeting will take place at 7:30PM on Thursday, February 25, 2010.

Thursday, January 21, 2010, 7:30PM

• Call to Order
• Call to Audience
• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of Minutes
• Communications
• Report of the Library Director
• Old Business
  • Election of 2010 Officers (item of action)
• New Business
  • 2009 Year-End Budget Amendment (item of action)
  • Personnel Policy Revision – Rebecca Davies, Foster Swift (discussion, possible item of action)
• Call to Audience
• Adjourn

The Chairperson, Colleen Van Auken, called the meeting to order at 7:32PM
Present: K. Schulz, M. Siegrist, D. Turner, C. Van Auken
Absent: J. Fausone, G. Snow
Also Present: E. Davis, K. Gladden

Call to Audience

No comments (R. Havenstein-Coughlin, A. Heidemann, L. Papa, S. Rzetelny)

Approval of Agenda

The agenda was approved as presented

Approval of Minutes

Minutes of the November 19th Meeting were approved as presented

Communications

Formal and handwritten letters of thanks from Marybeth Levine of the Detroit Area Diaper Bank; the library’s participation in the diaper drive helped the Diaper Bank exceed its collection goal.

Report of the Library Director

As part of the December 9 Fine Amnesty Day, Laurie Golden ran a contest for the most creative excuse for not returning library items on time. The winner, Kris Raghunathan, received a library tote bag, Secondhand Prose gift certificate, and a library office kit for his excuse: "After I borrowed this book from the library, I remembered my mother teaching, Neither a borrower nor a lender be – so I just kept the book."

The Chairperson, Colleen Van Auken, called the meeting to order at 7:32PM
Present: J. Fausone, K. Schulz, M. Siegrist, G. Snow, C. Van Auken
Absent: D. Turner
Also Present: E. Davis, S. Rzetelny, K. Gladden, L. Golden, J. Noricks

Call to Audience

No comments (R. Havenstein-Coughlin, A. Heidemann, L. Papa)

Approval of Agenda

The agenda was approved as amended

Approval of Minutes

Minutes of the October 15th Meeting were approved as presented

Communications

Note from S. Rzetelny thanking the Board for the funeral arrangement.

New Business

Canton Community Foundation – 2nd Endowment - Joan Noricks, president of the Canton Community Foundation, presented a proposal for the library to create a second endowment fund to be administered through the CCF. She outlined the advantages of having CCF hold combined endowment funds:

Thursday, December 17, 2009 7:30PM

• Call to Order
• Call to Audience
• Approval of Agenda
• Approval of Minutes
• Communications
• Report of the Library Director
• Old Business
  • RFID Conversion Project
  • Discussion of newsletter advertising inserts
  • Deliver Director's Performance Evaluation and discuss establishing Director's Evaluation Committee for 2010 (discussion)
  • 2010 Library Closings Calendar – move Staff In-Service from November 12 to November 5 or 19 (item of action)
• New Business
  • Vote Confirming December 4 Email Approval of Amnesty Day on December 9, 2009 (item of action)
  • Vote on TLN Plan of Service Revisions (item of action)
  • 4th Quarter Budget Amendments (item of action)
  • Nomination of Officers for 2010 (discussion)
• Call to Audience
• Adjourn

A special meeting of the Canton Public Library Board of Trustees has been scheduled for Thursday, September 3 at 7:30 p.m., at which time the board will study the proposed 2010 budget. Members of the public are encouraged to attend.