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

Activity Room
440 First St., Menasha
Thursday, September 18, 2014, at 4:00 pm

Please note room change. 
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
Veterans Memorial Park representatives will address the board on their proposal for the Veterans Memorial outside the front doors of the library.

D. CONSENT BUSINESS
Approve Library Board meeting minutes from August 21, 2014
Accept minutes of:
     Finance Committee on August 15, 2014
     Fundraising Committee on August 21, 2014
     Investments Committee on September 8, 2014

E. AUTHORIZATION OF BILLS – September 2014
   
F. INFORMATION ITEMS/DIRECTOR’S REPORT
    1. August statistics
    2. Budget update
    3. Endowment report
    4. Staff Reports
    5. Strategic Plan Update
    6. Fundraising Committee report

G.   DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS:          
       7. Unpaid time off for a library staff member
       8. Recommendations of the Investments Committee
       9. 2015 Budget
      10. Review of Trustee Essentials:  Chapter 21
          
H. ADJOURN

UPCOMING MEETINGS & ACTIVITIES

Fundraising Committee Meeting – Thursday, September 18, 4:45 pm or immediately following the meeting above.
Staff Training – Friday, September 19  (Library opens at 1:00 pm)
Next Meeting of the Library Board of Trustees – October 16, 2014, at 4:00 pm

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.