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Benjamin Jewell, President, Coldwater
Thomas Lowande, Vice President, Union Twp.
Martha Watson, Secretary, City of Coldwater
Susan Brooks, Trustee, County-at-Large
Kimberly Langworthy, Trustee, County-at-Large
Karen Smith, Trustee, Bronson
Susan Smith, Trustee, Quincy

Board of Trustees Regular Meeting
Quincy Branch Library
11 N. Main St., Quincy MI 49082
Monday, July 15, 2019
5:30 PM

AGENDA

  1. Call to Order
  2. Pledge of Allegiance
  3. Roll Call / Attendance
  4. Welcome to New Trustees
  5. Committee Assignments
  6. Time for Public Comments

    This is a time for participation from the public. Those wishing to speak should indicate their desire to do so now and identify themselves for the record. Some questions may require research, in which case no answer may be available at this time.

  7. Consent Agenda (Items A-I)

    Items listed in the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine matters or items not needing further discussion. Board members should indicate now if they would like any items moved from the Consent Agenda for discussion. Approval of these items will be enacted in one motion.

    1. BDL Regular Board Meeting Minutes:  June 17, 2019
    2. Bills:  June 2019
    3. Financial Statements:  June 2019
    4. Branch County Penal Fine Report:  May  2019
    5. Branch County Penal Fine Report:  June 2019
    6. Administrative Reports:  July 2019
    7. Branch Reports:  July 2019
    8. Monthly Statistical Report:  June 2019
    9. Publicity and Comments:  July 2019

    END OF CONSENT AGENDA
  8. Approval of the Agenda
  9. 2020 Tax Rate Request (L-4029)
  10. Funding Request from Union Twp. Branch
  11. Request from Branch County Literacy Council
  12. Personnel Committee Recommendation
    A)  Lift Hiring Freeze
    B)  Director's Performance Expectations
    C)  HR/Timekeeping Software
  13. Report from this month's host branch:  Quincy
  14. Announcements

    The next scheduled meeting of the Branch District Library Board of Trustees will be held Monday, August 19, 2019, at 5:30 pm at the Sherwood Branch Library.

  15. Additional Public Comments

    This is a time for participation from the public. Those wishing to speak should indicate their desire to do so now and identify themselves for the record. Some questions may require research, in which case no answer may be available at this time.

  16. Adjournment

The Branch District Library will provide necessary and reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon one week’s notice to the Branch District Library by writing or calling the following:

Branch District Library, 10 E. Chicago St., Coldwater, MI 49036
(517) 278-2341
secretary@BranchDistrictLibrary.org