JANUARY 2022 AGENDAMission: Connecting people to information, learning and culture.
Core Values:Service Minded -People Centered -Lifelong Learning
MEETING NOTICE: SALINA PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
Date:January 18, 2022 Time:7 a.m.Place:Salina Public Library Prescott Room
Library Board Members
7 Board Members + Mayor Term Length: 4 years Term Limit: 2 full terms
Danielle Brown - President *Partial Term - April 30, 2022
Gerry Cox - Vice President *Partial Term - April 30, 2022
Judy Nold - Treasurer *2nd Term - April 30, 2023
Lisa Mahler - Secretary *1st Term - April 30, 2024
Mayor - January 2022
Brendan Burke *2nd Term - April 30, 2025
David Greiser *2nd Term - April 30, 2023
Susan Kelly *1st Term - April 30, 2025
AGEND
1.CALL TO ORDER
2.PUBLIC COMMENTS limited to 5 minutes
A sign-in sheet is available to all persons wishing to participate and address the Salina Public Library Board.
Speakers should sign-in prior to the start of the meeting. Those who wish to be placed on the sheet in advance of
the meeting may contact Library Director, Melanie Hedgespeth.director@salinapublic.org 785-825-4624 x226
●The Board President will call names from the sign-in sheet in the order they are listed. Anyone not on the
sign-in sheet may not provide comments.
●During the course of the Board meeting, comments will not be accepted from the audience.
●In the absence of the Board President, another presiding officer will step in and handle public comments.
●When all listed speakers on the sign-in sheet have been heard, the Board President will declare the public
comment section of the meeting closed and resume the meeting agenda.
●Public comments must pertain to an item listed on the agenda or to an issue that is relevant to the Board’s
work. The Board President retains the right to stop any speaker who raises issues that are not on the
agenda or are not germane to the duties of the Library.
●All comments shall be made with civility and courtesy. Comments should be respectful of all. The Board
President may prohibit further comment if proper decorum is not displayed.
●All comments will be directed to the Board President. The Board President is the designated spokesperson.
The Board President may direct questions or elicit responses from other Board members.
●The public comment period is not a question and answer period. The board is not obligated to respond to
comments.
3.CONSENT AGENDA
Board members are asked if there are any items they would like removed from the consent agenda.
The Board President will ask for a motion to adopt the consent agenda for all or remaining items.
a.Action Items
i.Minutes of the December 21, 2021 library board meeting
ii.Policy Manual Minor Updates
b.Informational Items
i.Financial reports
ii.Statistical reports
4.DISCUSSION / ACTION
a.Director Report
i.2021 Budget Review & 2021 Statistics Review
ii.Library Board Annual Review:
Board ByLaws, Board Orientation, Library Statute KSA - Article 12
iii.CKLS
iv.Board Members -Applications
b.Assistant Director Report
i.Youth Services Remodel - Updates
5.EXECUTIVE SESSION
a.Executive Session - as needed
Possible action to follow when resuming the open meeting.
KSA 75-4319(b)- No subjects shall be discussed at any closed or executive meeting except the following:
1)Personnel matters relating to non elected personnel. (employees or applicants for employment)
2)Consultation with an attorney for the body or agency which would be deemed privileged in the attorney-client
relationship. (legal advice)
3)Matters relating to employer-employee negotiations. (negotiations with recognized bargaining units)
4)Data relating to the financial affairs or trade secrets of corporations, partnerships, trusts or individual proprietorships.
5)Preliminary discussion of acquisition of real property. (purchasing not selling real property - real property is land
without structures)
6)Security measures that protect specific systems, facilities or equipment including persons and private property if
related to the agency.
Motion
I move the Salina Public Library Board of Trustees recess into executive session with _____________(state who is in the
session)for _________minutes to discuss ______________pursuant to KSA 75-4319(b)(#). The open meeting will resume in
this room at ________________.
No action is taken during the executive session, only discussion.
6.OTHER BUSINESS & BOARD COMMENTS
7.ADJOURNMENT
BOARD ORIENTATION
Katie Pearson, Head of Youth Services: Tour - Library Physical Materials - Lower Level (Youth)
NEXT MEETING: February 15, 2022
BOARD MEETING - MOTIONS
1.MOTION - Board member provides a motion.
a.“I move to …..”
2.SECOND - The Board President asks if a anyone seconds the motion.
a.If so, the Board member states “I second the motion.”
If the motion is not seconded it is not considered by the Board.
3.DISCUSSION - If the motion is seconded, the Board President restates the motion and asks members to discuss the
motion.
4.VOTE - After discussion is complete, the Board President restates the motion then asks for affirmative votes, then
negative votes.
a.If the vote is not unanimous, votes are recorded by individual members in the minutes.
5.RESULT - The Board President announces the result of the vote and any instructions.