September 18, 2013 at 6:30 PM - Regular Board Meeting

1. Call to Order

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Project Update

4. Consent Agenda
(All items listed under the Consent Agenda will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a request is made prior to the time the Board votes.)

4.A. Approve Minutes of the Budget and Appropriations Public Hearing of August 21, 2013

4.B. Approve Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting of August 21, 2013

4.C. Approve the payment of the bills for operating expenses for operating expenses of $192,057.15, payroll expenses of $288,207.52, and Special Reserve expenses of $238,764.28, for a total monthly expense of $791,028.95

4.D. Approve the resignation of Brianna Anderson from the part-time position of Adult Services Assistant effective August 19, 2013

5. Public Comment

6. Treasurer's Report

6.A. Review Financial Report

7. Director's Report

7.A. Highlights

7.B. Monthly Statistics

8. Communications

8.A. September Communications

9. Liaison Reports

9.A. Friends of the Library

9.B. Legislative

9.C. RAILS

10. Secretary's Report

10.A. A certfied copy of Ordinance 13-5, an 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 filed with the Cook County Clerk on August 22, 2013. The Ordinance was published in the Niles Herald Spectator on Thursday, August 29, 2013

10.B. The Illinois Public Library Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2012/2013 was completed and submitted electronically on August 22, 2013

10.C. A certified copy of the Report of Receipts and Expenditures for the Niles Public Library District for the six months ending June 30, 2013, was filed with the Cook County Clerk on September 3, 2013

10.D. A certified copy of the Report of the Statement of Operations for the Niles Public Library District for the twelve months ending June 30, 2013 was filed with the Cook County Clerk on September 3, 2013. The Report of the Statement of Operations was published in the Niles Herald Spectator on September 12, 2013

11. New Business

11.A. Amend the Plan for the Special Reserve Fund previously adopted by the Board on January 21, 2004

12. Unfinished Business

12.A. Continued discussion on the cost of polo shirts for the Library Trustees to wear to events

13. 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

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

15. Other

16. Adjournment