July 17, 2013 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Approval of Minutes

3.A. Approve Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting of June 19, 2013

4. Project Update

5. Treasurer's Report

5.A. Review Financial Reports

5.B. Approve Payment of Bills for operating expenses of $251.290.23, payroll expenses of $293,282.14, and Special Reserve expenses of $281,089.96, for a total monthly expense of $825,662.33

6. Public Comments

7. Director's Report

7.A. Highlights

7.B. Monthly Statistics

8. Communications

9. Liaison Reports

9.A. Friends of the Library

9.B. Legislative

9.C. RAILS

10. Secretary's Report

10.A. A certified copy of Ordinance 13-3, an Ordinance Adopting the Prevailing Wage Rate for Laborers, Workers, and Mechanics Employed by the Niles Public Library District was sent to the Director of the Illinois Department of Labor and the Director of the Index Division of the Office of Secretary of State on June 20, 2013. The Notice of Determination of the Prevailing Rate of Wages was published in the Niles Herald-Spectator on June 27, 2013.

10.B. A Notice of the Public Hearing on August 21, 2013, at the hour of 6:25 p.m., at the Niles Public Library District, New Board Room, 6960 Oakton Street, Niles, Illinois, concerning Tentative Ordinance 13-4, a Tentative Ordinance Providing for Budget and Appropriations of the Niles Public Library District, Cook County, Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013 and Ending June 30, 2014, was published in the Niles Herald-Spectator on Thursday, July 4, 2013. The Notice of the Public Hearing along with a copy of the Ordinance was posted on the Library's public bulletin board.

11. Committee Reports

11.A. Building & Grounds Committee

11.A.1) Approval of January 11, 2012 Minutes

11.B. Finance Committee

11.B.1) Approval of July 27, 2011 and May 29, 2013 Minutes

11.C. Personnel & Policy Committee

11.C.1) Approval of February 21, 2012 Minutes

11.D. Strategic Planning Committee

11.D.1) Approval of August 10, 2011 Minutes

12. New Business

12.A. Move to approve payment to F. J. Kerrigan Plumbing Co., Inc., in the amount of $13,454.00

12.B. Move to approve payment to Visographic in the amount of $6,987.24

12.C. Move to authorize the Library Director to approve and sign the quote from asi for the production and installation of new interior library signage in the amount $7,740.00

13. Unfinished Business

14. Hire and Resignations

14.A. Move to approve the appointment of Mary Byrne to the part-time position of Outreach Services Assistant at a rate of $13.96 per hour, effective July 24, 2013

15. Executive Session—To discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the Niles Public Library District; collective negotiating matters between the Niles Public Library District and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees; the selection of a person to fill a public office; the purchase or lease of real property for the use of the Niles Public Library District; the setting of a price for sale or lease of property owned by the Niles Public Library District; the sale or purchase of securities, investments, or investment contracts; security procedures and the use of personnel and equipment to respond to an actual, a threatened, or a reasonably potential danger to the safety of employees, staff, the public, or public property; pending and/or probable litigation; discussion of minutes of closed session meetings

16. Final Action, if any, on closed session subjects

17. Other

18. Adjournment