Library Board Agenda 06-13-2023MONTICELLO LIBRARY BOARD MEETING
TUESDAY, June 13, 2023
5:30 PM
AGENDA
1. Approval of the minutes of 3/14/22 Board Meeting
2. Library Report(s) (Marla)
3. GRRL Update(s) (Jeannette)
4. Old Business— Building issues
a. Gardening and Landscaping – Summer pots planted by the Monticello
Ambassador candidates.
b. Additional shelving (Jeff Jansen, local cabinetmaker, made us two nice bins for
the children’s easy books (picture books). While moving the old ones around, we
broke a leg off one of the shelves rendering it non-usable. He fixed it and returned
it on 6/10/23. Now we can get the kids area back in shape, and will address the
overcrowding to a large extent.
c. Summer Reading Program started 6/5/23. We had over 200 sign ups in the first
week.
5. New Business –
a. Welcome new board member Lisa Bush!
b. Building issues—reinstallation of coat hooks for our book club kits, and sign on
the clock tower for SRP.
2023 Meetings
Tuesdays at 5:30 pm
September 12
December 12
c. Fall Book Sale is probably October. Friends meet in July, and date will be set
then. The Friends are in need of a new board member, as our President, Patty
Rogenkamp resigned after 10 years of dedication. We thank her!
d. Is there any space in Monticello where we could temporarily store some of our
seasonal décor? Maybe the old DMV perhaps? We are running out of room.
Next meeting: September 12 @ 5:30 p.m.
Quarter: March-June
Year: 2023
Statistics
As of May 31, 2023, the Monticello Public Library circulation was at
54,764. March’s circulation was at 12,711, April’s was 10,816, and
May’s was 10,114. We dipped below 2022’s YTD percentage by 3.1%.
Lots of school visits occurred in the month of May, and many
Kindergarteners signed up for their first card.
Programs
Legacy: We had two author events in May: Allen Eskens and Frank
Weber. Both programs were well received.
We welcomed traveling exhibits from the soon to be built Great River
Children’s Museum. We had a special experience, “Cardboard City,”
which was very popular.
Take & Makes continue to be popular, and so do our ProCRAFTinators
programs.
I made a connection with Monticello Care Center and will start
institutional delivery probably in July. They are waiting to hear back on
their institutional delivery card approval from GRRL.
Building/Maintenance Issues
Other than a few lights out here and there, there is not much to speak
of. We had a couple hooks placed so we can hang some signage
outdoors and we re-installed some coat hooks so we can hang our
Children’s book Club kits and Grab & Go kits back up again.
Staffing Updates
Our LOA aide has returned, just in time to see one leave. Tammy will be
moving out of the area, and will be leaving us at the end of June.