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Erica Ewers, President, County-at-Large
Benjamin Jewell, Vice President, City of Coldwater
Marilyn Johnson, Secretary, Union Twp.
Daniel Gordon, City of Coldwater
Susan Smith, Quincy
Lewis Uhrig, Bronson
Martha Watson, County-at-Large

Board of Trustees Regular Meeting
Quincy Branch Library
11 N. Main St., Quincy MI 49082
Monday, October 19, 2015
5:30 PM

AGENDA

  1. Call to Order
  2. Pledge of Allegiance
  3. Roll Call / Attendance
  4. 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.

  5. Consent Agenda (Items A-O)

    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:  September 21, 2015
    2. CPL Regular Board Meeting Minutes:  September 14, 2015
    3. Financial Statements:  September 2015
    4. 3rd Quarter Branch Financial Statements:  September 2015
    5. Branch County Penal Fine Report:  September 2015
    6. Acting Director's Report:  October 14, 2015
    7. Branch Reports:  October 8, 2015
    8. Coldwater Kids’ Place Report:  October 2015
    9. Coldwater Adult Programming:  October 2015
    10. Systems Librarian Report*:  October 14, 2015
      * The Systems Librarian continues to monitor and assure compliance with the Children’s Internet Protection Act.
    11. Monthly Statistical Report:  September 2015
    12. Book Budget:  September 2015
    13. Capital Projects:  September 2015
    14. Newspaper Coverage:  October 2015
    15. Patron Comments:  October 2015

    END OF CONSENT AGENDA
  6. Approval of the Agenda
  7. Bills:  September 2, September 4 and September 18, 2015
  8. Capital Requests
  9. The 2015 Special Revenues Budget
  10. Amending the 2015 Operating Budget
  11. First Reading of the 2016 Operating Budget
  12. The 2016 Special Revenues Budget
  13. Finance Committee:  Met October 2, 2015
  14. Director Search
  15. Coldwater Lease
  16. Donation Letter
  17. Report from this month's host branch:  Quincy 
  18. Announcements

    The next scheduled meeting of the Branch District Library Board of Trustees will be held Monday, November 16, 2015, at 5:30 pm in the basement of the Bronson Branch Library.

  19. 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.

  20. 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