NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
ELISHA D. SMITH PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Gegan Room
440 First St., Menasha
Thursday, February 19, 2015, at 4:00 pm

Trustees unable to attend the board meeting are asked to notify the Library Office at 967-3662.

AGENDA

A. CALL TO ORDER

B. ROLL CALL

C. PUBLIC COMMENT/COMMUNICATION

D. CONSENT BUSINESS
     Approve Library Board meeting minutes from January 15, 2015
     Accept minutes of Fundraising Committee February 12, 2015
     Accept minutes of Personnel and Policies Committee February 12, 2015
    
E. AUTHORIZATION OF BILLS – February 2015
   
F. INFORMATION ITEMS/DIRECTOR’S REPORT
     1. January statistics
     2. 2014 carryover request
     3. 2015 budget status
     4. Endowment report
     5. Staff Reports
     6. Strategic Plan Update
     7. Winnefox Board Report

G. DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS:          
     8. Annual Library Report to Wisconsin’s Department of Public Instruction
     9. Policies and Personnel Committee:  Organizational Structure Policy, Personnel Policy           
   10. Fundraising Committee Report
   11.Trustee Essentials Chapter 24
          
H. ADJOURN

UPCOMING MEETINGS & ACTIVITIES

Fox Cities READS:  Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Next Meeting of the Library Board of Trustees – March 19, 2015, at 4:00 pm
Fox Cities Book Festival:  April 20 – April 26

This meeting is open to the public.  Attendees with special needs are encouraged to call the library office at 967-3662 within 24 hours of the meeting to assure that specific needs with regards to parking, building and meeting room accessibility are met.  Menasha aldermen may attend meetings of this body.  A quorum of the city’s Common Council, Board of Public Works, Administration Committee, or Personnel Committee may attend this meeting.  No official action of those bodies will be taken.