BDL Logo Benjamin Jewell, President, City of Coldwater
Susan Smith, Vice President, Quincy
Kimberly Langworthy, Secretary, County-at-Large
Susan Brooks, Trustee, County-at-Large
Robert Hostetler, Trustee, City of Coldwater
Joseph Lynch, Trustee, Union Twp.
Karen Smith, Trustee, Bronson

Board of Trustees Regular Meeting
Coldwater Branch Library, 10 E. Chicago St.
Monday, October 16, 2023, 5:30 PM

AGENDA

  1. Call to Order
  2. Pledge of Allegiance
  3. Roll Call / Attendance
  4. Consent Agenda (Items A-H)
    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 18, 2023
    2. Bills: September 2023
    3. Financial Statements: September 2023
    4. Branch County Penal Fine Report: August 2023
    5. Management Reports: October 12, 2023
    6. Branch Reports: October 12, 2023
    7. Monthly Statistical Report: September 2023
    8. Publicity and Comments: October 12, 2023
  5. Approval of the Agenda
  6. Amending the 2023 Operating and Special Revenues Budgets
    • Report
    • Draft Amended Operating and Special Revenues Budgets
  7. Budget Hearing: First Reading of the 2024 Operating and Special Revenues Budgets
    • Report
    • Draft Operating and Special Revenues Budgets
  8. Draft Programming Policy
    • Report
    • Draft Policy
  9. Annual Donation Campaign Letter
  10. Library Board Meetings for 2024
  11. Holidays / Closed Dates for 2024
  12. Announcements
    The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Branch District Library Board of Trustees will be held on Monday, November 20, 2023, at 5:30 pm in the meeting room of the Coldwater Branch Library.
  13. Public Comments
    Those wishing to speak should indicate their desire to do so now. There will be a time limit of three minutes per speaker. See the Public Comment Policy at www.BranchDistrictLibrary.org/policies for the complete rules of the public comment period.
  14. Adjournment

The Branch District Library will provide necessary and reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired and audio recordings 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
info@BranchDistrictLibrary.org