Mill Pond Public Library
May 4, 2020
The board meeting was called to order by Kate Tyczinski at 6:10 p.m. Others present were Sara Wilson, Lenny Glover, Lorrie Jansma, Betty Kastenschmidt and Kim Zills. Julie Barden, Kes Thompson and Kathy Jerome were absent. Motion by Kate and seconded by Kathy to approve the March 2, 2020 meeting minutes (the April meeting was cancelled because of the Corona Virus Pandemic). Motion by Lenny and seconded by Betty to approve the treasurer's report. Both motions passed.
OLD BUSINESS
1. For the Birds Fundraiser: The fundraiser was not held as scheduled because of the pandemic. Sara suggested we hold a silent auction the last two weeks in May by posting pictures on the website and Facebook. We currently have 36 items. If we are not able to open the library to the public by that time, we will hold the auction on Facebook by having patrons call in their bids.
2. Family DVD's: Sara advised that all the DVD's in the family section are labeled with a red dot.
3. Fines: Sara advised that the new fine policy was not implemented because the library was closed by the pandemic. After a discussion, Betty made a motion that because of the virus, we drop the "no fines" policy and go back to fines as usual. Kate seconded the motion and the motion passed.
BUILDING PLANS:
1. Leak: Sara advised that Poncho Treder came to look at the roof. He did not see any problem with the roof so there is no need to take action at this time.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Curbside Service: Sara advised that people are now using curbside service. They reserve items online or by phone and they set a time to meet. Sara then packs the items in a bag and puts them on a table outside the door for the people to pick up. Only items in our library can be checked out at this time since inter-library loan service is not available now.
2. Customer Idea for Farmer's Market: Sara advised that the campgrounds suggested that the library participate in a farmer's market on the three holiday weekends. After a discussion, it was decided that this was not something we would want to do at this time.
3. New Acquisition Program: Sara advised that we have a new system for ordering materials that is free to Winnefox. Sara said it is not as good as the old system, but she is still getting use to it.
FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
There were no future agenda items this month.
A motion to adjourn was made by Betty and was seconded by Lorrie at 6:42 p.m.
Lenora Glover, Secretary
The next regular meeting will be on Monday, June 1, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.