July 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order/Roll Call

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Public Comment

4. CONSENT AGENDA: All items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be enacted in one motion. There will be no individual discussion of these items unless a Trustee so requests. The requested item will then be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered at the end of the Consent Agenda. 

4.A. Approval of Minutes

4.A.1) Minutes of the June 18, 2025 Regular Board Meeting.

4.B. Payment of the Bills

4.B.1) Approve operating expenses of $405,625.23, payroll expenses of $306,342.43, Special Reserve expenses of $253,157.52, for a total monthly expense of $965,125.18

4.C. Treasurer's Report

4.C.1) Review Financial Reports

4.D. Trustee Reports

4.E. Executive Director's Report

4.E.1) Library Activity Statistics

4.E.2) Monthly Program Statistics

4.E.3) Library Highlights

4.F. Communications & Committee Reports

5. Unfinished Business

5.A. Action on updated proposal for Lower Level Remodel with addition of bathrooms on the Lower Level and the Second Floor, as presented by Product Architecture

6. New Business

6.A. Declaration and Notice of a Board vacancy

6.B. Election of Board Officer(s)

6.C. Discussion of possible Special Meeting dates to interview trustee candidates

6.D. Action on ORDINANCE SETTING THE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES OF THE NILES-MAINE DISTRICT LIBRARY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2025 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026

6.E. Action on proposal to authorize a payment of $16,730.00 to CT Mechanical, LLC. from the Capital Expenditures Special Reserve Building fund for the budgeted replacement of Chilled Water Pump (CHWP-1).

6.F. Action on Ordinance 25-02 Tentative Ordinance Providing for Budget and Appropriations of the Niles-Maine District Library, Cook County, Illinois, for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2025 and Ending June 30, 2026

7. Executive Session to discuss:

• The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).
• The selection of a person to fill a public office, as defined in the Open Meetings Act, including a vacancy in a public office, when the public body is given power to appoint under law or ordinance 5 ILCS 120/2 (c) (3).
• Litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular public body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11).
• Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Open Meetings Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21).

8. Action, if any, on executive session items.

9. Other

10. Adjournment