SIDNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY
Library Board
April 10, 2023

Board Members Present:  Steve DeWitt, Jane Holechek, Tanya Lewis, Shannon Smelley, Jen Ramsey                                                                         
Also Present: Amanda, Autumn, Eileen, Julie, Stephanie

Absent:              

Meeting called to order at: 4:00 pm.

Affidavit of Publication in the Sidney Sun Telegraph
Acknowledgement of Open Meetings Act

Friends Report given by:  Amanda

  • Dairy Queen will be hosting a fundraiser for the FOSPL.  Steph and Sandy will have the Bookmobile there for people to see.
    • April 29 will be Haiku-Tai Chi at 1-2:30. 
    • Adopt-a-pot sign-up will be held from 9-1 on April 29.  Seeds will be available and you have the whole month of May to plant your adopted pot. 
    • April 23-29th is National Library week. 

Approval of Minutes:  A motion was made by Steve to approve the minutes of the March 13, 2023 meeting.  The motion was seconded by Shannon.
     APPROVED: ALL

Financial Reports and Bills:  A motion was made by Shannon to approve the Bills for March 2023.  The motion was seconded by Tanya. 
     APPROVED: ALL

Old Business:

  • April 29th is the official opening of the Seed Library. 
  • April 29 will be the Plant and Seed exchange hosted by the Federated Garden Clubs and Cheyenne County Extension office, UNL from 9am to 1pm.
  • Amanda and Eileen attended the STEAM program at North Elementary.  The 3-D printer and the VR were on display.
  • Amanda and the Free Speech will be doing the Reddit AMA with Sidney Mayor Brad Sherman.  It will be broadcast over Facebook, TikTok and Reddit.  There will be a moderator to assist.

New Business:

  • A motion was made by Jen to change the InterLibrary Loan fee from $3.00 to $4.00 due to postage rate increases.  The motion was seconded by Steve.
    APPROVED: All
  • Eileen was at the Community Center from 4-6 on April 3 for the Kids Summer Sign-up and handed out information about the Summer Reading Program.
  • Julie reported on the Bookmobile use.  The Bookmobile is 28 years old and is having issues.  Patronage is up 116% from June 2021. Julie goes to surrounding Schools in Cheyenne County Preschools and daycare facilities in Sidney.  Homebound service is becoming very popular. 
  • The Friday Friends will be going to Dairy Queen on April 14 to watch a demonstration on how cakes are decorated.  They will also decorate a cupcake.
  • The Board requested that Amanda contact Dave Porter to assist in resolving some computer issues and to get the printer in the Bookmobile up and running.

A motion was made by Tanya to go into closed session for Personnel matters at 4:48pm. The motion was seconded by Steven.
Approved: All

Reconvened at 5:37pm

NEXT REGULAR MEETING May 8, 2023
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT: 5:37pm.

Sidney Public Library
Foundation
April 10, 2023

Board Members Present: Steve DeWitt, Jane Holechek, Tanya Lewis, Jen Ramsey,
                                                and Shannon Smelley,
 Also Present:  Amanda, and Stephanie.
     Absent:.
     Meeting called to order at: 5:40pm

Affidavit of Publication in the Sidney Sun Telegraph
Acknowledgement of Open Meetings Act

Approval of Minutes:  A motion was made by Jen to approve the minutes of the March 13, 2023 meeting. The motion was seconded by Tanya.
  Approved: ALL

Financial Reports and Bills:  
Approved:

Old Business:

  • Amanda will take care of Foundation Signature cards.

New Business:   

NEXT REGULAR MEETING: May 8, 2023
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT: 5:40pm.