Meeting was called to order at 3:32 p.m. by President Debbie Herbert. Trustees in attendance were Donna Hayes, Debbie Herbert, Anna Jesse, Tami Long, Salli Pritts, Susan Strahle, and Linda Wiles. Lori Nixon was also in attendance.
Agenda, Minutes and Financial Report: November agenda, minutes and financial report were read and approved.
Librarian’s Report: Circulation for November was 325, computer use 49 and patrons assisted was 410. Eleven programs were hosted and 53 people visited for the Library Crawl.
Trustee/Committee Reports:
Petitions for the election of Trustees are now being accepted between November 12 and 18th.
A new logo for the library was presented. Suggestions were made to make the logo more compact. Suggestions included arching South Macon Library District over the image and moving Heart of the community up under the bottom of the open book. Discuss further in January.
The Holiday Schedule 2025 was discussed. Susan Strahle motioned to approve and Tami Long seconded. All approved.
There is not a board meeting in December. Therefore, Anna Jesse motioned to approve the December 2024 bills, Salli Pritts seconded. All approved.
Vicki is still waiting to hear if the library will receive the Illinois Humanities grant for the Community Engagement Coordinator.
When the roofer came a second time, he said that the roof has hail damage that should be evaluated by the insurance. Insurance sent out an engineer and the library is still waiting to hear back.
The trustees voted unanimously to purchase a RICOH IMC2510 Color Copier, to be purchased through Bid Tap Business Services of Pana. The machine would cost $4845 and belong to the library. A monthly service agreement is available for an additional $35 a month and would include service and ink for 2900 black and white copies and 200 color copies each month.
Many activities are planned for the coming month, including exercise classes (time has changed to 1:30), Elf Academy, book club, Family Reading Night, women’s and kids craft nights, Christmas Tree Lighting with the City and Macon Fire Department, Cookie decorating, LEGO program and Bluey appearance for Christmas.
Meeting was adjourned at 4:12 pm with a motion by Susan Strahle and a second by Linda Wiles.
Respectfully submitted,
Salli Pritts
Secretary