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The meeting of the Salina Public Library Board of Trustees was held at 7:00 a.m. on May
19, 2021, in the McKenzie Center Room 2 and via Zoom.
The following Board members were present: David Greiser,Brendan Burke, Judy Nold,
Gerry Cox, Lisa Mahler, Susan Kelly, Melissa Hodges and Danielle Brown . Others present
were Melanie Hedgespeth and Sandy Wilcox.
MINUTES:
21-12 On a motion made by Brendan Burke and seconded by David Greiser , it was
RESOLVED THAT: The Board of Trustees of the Salina Public Library approves the
minutes of the April Board meeting with suggested changes . Motion passed unanimously.
Pg 1236. 05/19/2021.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Allen Eichelberger spoke to the Board about our service charges
with Sunflower Bank.
DISCUSSION/ACTION
Board Appointment - President
Phil Bowman was not selected for a second term with the Board. Judy Nold nominated
Danielle Brown to serve in the President position.
21-13 On a motion made by Brendan Burke and seconded by Gerry Cox, it was
RESOLVED THAT: The Board of Trustees of the Salina Public Library approves to
appoint Danielle Brown as Board President. Motion passed unanimously. Pg. 1236
05/19/2021.
CKLS Updates & June 16th meeting:
Melanie spoke to the Board to update them on the situation with CKLS. Some Board
members have requested additional information from CKLS on their current proposed
budget line items. The overall issue that has been clearly presented with data is the lack of
reasonable equity when looking at patrons served and services provided. Salina Public
Library pays for their own library system (library catalog) for example. The funding
details have been discussed with the CKLS Administrator on several occasions over the
past couple of years with the CKLS Administrator acknowledging the funding issues to the
SPL Director. Fairly utilizing taxpayer funds is necessary and long past due for Saline
County taxpayers. The intent of discussions was to come to an agreement with CKLS that
provides reasonable equity, if that cannot happen,our Library should focus on the next
steps that are best for our organization and the Saline County taxpayers. The Board would
like Melanie to present CKLS with our proposal for their meeting on June 16th.
Consent Agenda:
We would issue the packet with reports and the Board has time to review these reports
ahead of time and then have a consent agenda for those items.
21-14 On a motion made by Brendan Burke and seconded by Melissa Hodges, it was
RESOLVED THAT: The Board of Trustees of the Salina Public Library approves to have
a consent agenda for report items with removing the Directors report and having it
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separate. Motion passed unanimously. Pg. 1237 05/19/2021.
2022 Budget Discussion:
Melanie went over her 2022 budget planning with the Board. The August budget meeting
will be held on the 24th due to Senate Bill 13 should the budget need to be above RNR. She
answered questions from the Board.
REPORTS
Financial:
The HVAC unit on our roof is being covered under our insurance with a $2500 deductible.
Some libraries opted out of Hoopla with CKLS, a portion of those funds were provided to
our Library.
Activity & Stats:
Compared to April 2019 we are at 80% of circulation so our circulation is rising. People
seem to be getting more comfortable coming in and spending a bit of time in the library.
We will try to keep our events with smaller numbers so people can social distance.
Directors Report:
There is a need help button on our website now that links to the Niche Academy help
videos. We are going to do summer lunches in conjunction with St John’s Missionary
Baptist Church again this year. We have added switch games to our video game collections.
Novel List has been added to our library catalog.We moved Portia Montoy into our
information services department as an Adult Programmer.We are hiring for a
Development Coordinator position that will be housed in the McKenzie Center. We meet
with Hutton on the Youth Services remodel at the end of this month. The digital sign
project is on hold for the moment, we are in the business district which doesn’t allow digital
signs. We are going to try to be reassigned to the public use district which is more
appropriate for the library. We are trying to gather stories on how the library has helped
patrons to use in our public relations efforts.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
NEW BUSINESS & BOARD COMMENTS:
Melanie spoke to the Board about our accounts at Sunflower Bank. We will continue to
evaluate our service fees on a regular basis.
The Board Meeting adjourned at 8:00 a.m.
Lisa Mahler Sandra Wilcox
Secretary Recorder