03-16-2021 Minutes1232
The meeting of the Salina Public Library Board of Trustees was held at 7:00 a.m. on
March 16, 2021, in the Tech Center and via Zoom.
The following Board members were present: David Greiser,Brendan Burke, Judy Nold,
Phil Bowman, Gerry Cox, Lisa Mahler, and Melissa Hodges.Others present were Melanie
Hedgespeth, Amy Adams and Sandy Wilcox.
MINUTES:
21-05 On a motion made by Gerry Cox and seconded by Judy Nold , it was RESOLVED
THAT: The Board of Trustees of the Salina Public Library approves the minutes of the
February Board meeting . Motion passed unanimously.Pg 1232. 03/16/2021.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: None
DISCUSSION/ACTION
Youth Services Remodel: Lisa Newman spoke to the Board about a possible Youth Services
remodel. The next step in the process would be to contact an architect to get their ideas for
the space and cost analysis.
21-06 On a motion made by Gerry Cox and seconded by Phil Bowman , it was
RESOLVED THAT: The Board of Trustees of the Salina Public Library approves the
hiring of an architect to get an idea of design and cost . Motion passed unanimously. Pg
1232. 03/16/2021.
Security Camera System Update- Capital Project:
Our security camera system will be updated. We need more cameras (two more for the
McKenzie Center meeting rooms) and also a few more outside. Melanie answered
questions from the board concerning the update.
SPL Policy Manual Updates:
21-07 On a motion made by Gerry Cox and seconded by Judy Nold , it was RESOLVED
THAT: The Board of Trustees of the Salina Public Library approves the changes to the
policy manual. Motion passed unanimously. Pg 1232.03/16/2021.
CKLS Funding: Melanie spoke to the board about our funding from CKLS and making
our distribution more equitable. The intention of all the conversations was to have Hays,
Salina and Gail Santy work together to find a way to make distribution equitable. We
drafted discussion points at the request of Gail Santy to present to the CKLS board and
begin discussions. Gail Santy drafted a response of which there was no discussion with
Brandon and Melanie. Both documents were sent to the entire system. CKLS decided to
form a fact finding committee but there is a conflict of interest with a member that has
been appointed to their committee. Melanie has provided that information to the CKLS
board president. Melanie and Brandon have met with an attorney to get a formal written
proposal of our options. Melanie went over data with the board showing the inequities in
funding. Melanie would like to provide a letter to the CKLS executive board to give them
basic data and see what our MOU will look like for 2022. The second step is to meet with
the CKLS Executive Board to formalize a legal contract.If it is not more equitable we
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would like to move forward with an attorney to finalize our options to move forward. The
SPL board was very supportive of going ahead with hiring an attorney to move forward if
CKLS doesn’t change their distribution equity.
Board Nominating Committee/ Board Appointments:
Judy Nold and David Greiser agreed to form a nominating committee to work on officer
nominations for 2021-2022 year.
REPORTS
Financial: Activity & Stats:
We paid our audit fee in March. The audit went well and we will send out copies to board
members. We added the new van to our insurance.We have the lighting for the logo
scheduled. We also want to put the logo on the South side of the building.
The first week we opened back up we had over 1700 people coming into the library. Our
physical material circulation is about at ⅓ of our 2019 numbers but we are above our 2020
numbers. Ematerial circulation continues to rise.Library cards will rise in August when
we issue school library cards. We hope to open,with limitations, the McKenzie Center
meeting rooms in June or July depending on health orders.
Directors Report:
We have installed new end cap signs. We received $3000 for a summer book club, Kristi
Wheeler will run this program. We are looking at adding a new item called Kanopy to our
services. Kiersten Kroger has resigned to take a job with By Water. Nick Beresovsky is
retiring at the end of June. The seed library is available now.
NEW BUSINESS & BOARD COMMENTS:
The Board Meeting adjourned at 8:16 a.m.
Judy Nold Sandra Wilcox
Secretary Recorder