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Minutes to meeting of Pequot Lakes Community Library Board of Directors April 16, 2013 Chairman John Longnecker called the meeting to arder at 6:30 p.m. Members present were John Longnecker, Sam Hennies, David Anderson, Lavone Sullivan, Renee Moodie and Claire Nagel. Absent: Jean Clark. Also present: Liaison to City Council Jerry Akerson. Sam, seconded by Claire, approved minutes of the March meeting. David gave the treasurer's report. The library has Endowment certi�cates of deposit in the amount of $77,856.12 and a rainy day certiiicate of deposit in the amount of $5,022.05, totaling $82,878.17. The total amount in the library checking account is $19,568.24. Lavone, seconded by Sam, approved the report. Chairman Longnecker reported that the library has been reinstated with half of the amount taken away by Kitchigami in the early part of this year. We will be receiving $5,000 each year by KRLS for purchasing library materials. John gave thanks to all who wrote to the county board asking for help and especially to Jon Henke for preparing a presentation on behalf of the Crosslake and Pequot Lakes libraries and presenting it to the Kitchigami Library and Crow Wing County boards. Discussion was had about the bookshop and the book sale. Shall we have both or just the shop or just the sale? John will ask Nancy what she thinks we should do. No decision was made by the board. The library will be closed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, April 22, 23 and 24 for the installation of new library software. All the volunteers will come in on Wed., April 24 to be trained in how to use the new software. Thank you to John and Doris Longnecker for donating the cost of the software, $1,875. The Quest, a new nutrition club, has opened in Pequot. Brianna Visser, one of the owners, approached John about placing library information (photos, bookmarks, etc.) in their shop for a specified time and The Quest would invite each of the volunteers to come in on a certain day and have a free nutrition shake. This offer was approved by Lavone and seconded by John. Nancy will provide them with names of our volunteers. John and/or Claire will bring information over to the shop for display. The library has been given a very generous anonymous donation of $10,000 to be used for building projects. We will go ahead with the idea we've had to remove the kids' room door and the computer room door and fill in the spaces with wall. Discussion will have to be had with Mike Loven, director of city maintenance, and Dawn Bittner of P&Z as to codes, etc. Per a motion by Sam, seconded by Renee, John will get bids from two construction companies for this project. Claire will look on the Internet for info on people counters to put on the main front door. Claire will ask SuperValu which weekends are open for brat sales and report in May. The library would like to have a large spigoted jug for use at library functions. Claire will look into price. Renee brought up the need for a shredder and she will look into prices. Meeting was adjourned at 7:45 p.m.