Macon Reporter

City of Sullivan City Council met March 26.

Here are the minutes provided by the council:

1. Call to Order

- Meeting called to order by: Ann Short

- Meeting Location: ETML Meeting Room

- Meeting Date: 03/26/2024

- Time of Call to Order: 16:30

2. Roll Call

- Officers in Attendance: Ann Short (President), Nancy Elder (Vice President)

- Trustees in Attendance: Jennifer Love, Kathie Price, Ellen Feeler

- Trustees Absent: Karen Reed, Kyle Price, Erin Wade,

Mike McLaughin

- City Employees in Attendance: Michelle Nolen (Library Director)

- Public Visitors: None

3. Review / Approve minutes of previous board meetings

- Date of previous minutes: 02/27/24

- Motion made to: Approve Minutes

- Motion made by: Jennifer Love

- Motion seconded by: Kathie Price

- Aye Votes: Ann, Nancy, Ellen

- Opposed Votes: None

- Result: Motion Carries

4. Treasurer’s Report:

Approve / Disapprove payment of bills:

- Motion made to: Approve payment of bills (subject to audit)

- Motion made by: Kathie Price

- Motion seconded by: Ellen Feeler

- Aye Votes: Ann, Nancy, Jennifer

- Opposed Votes: None

- Result: Motion Carries

5. Public forum acknowledgement:

None

6. Librarian’s Report

- Laura and Michelle are going to the Sullivan Elementary School for Eclipse Programming April 2nd-April 5th

(It was originally reported that they were going April 4th and 5th. More dates were added)

There were 102 participants in this years Puzzle Swap and 22 in the Puzzle Contest

On Sunday March 24th Laura attended the MoCo Moms groups open house and handed out information to 105 attendees

The library will be closed 3/29 for Good Friday

Laura and Michelle will be attending the Lake Land college 8th grade career conference on 4/11 and 4/12.

The library will be closed 4/19 so staff can attend the Reaching Forward South Conference in Collinsville

National Library Week is 4/7-4/20 fines will be waived and a prize drawing will be held for library patrons

The last homeschool class will be 4/19

Michelle presented a formal dress code policy for the staff which aligns with the city’s handbook dress code. There was discussion about the possibility of making the dress code a board approved policy

The library is handing out eclipse glasses for patrons to use on 4/8

IHLS is going to an automated book handling system that will require barcodes on books to be moved to an outside location. The system will be providing a barcode duplicating machine and labels to ease the burden to individual libraries. Staff have started moving the barcodes to the back cover for new items.

The library is in the process of getting a new phone to replace one that died in November. The service provider is supplying the new phone.

Approve / Disapprove Librarian’s Report

- Motion made to: Approve Librarian's Report

- Motion made by: Jennifer Love

- Motion seconded by: Nancy Elder

- Aye Votes: Ann, Kathie, Ellen

- Opposed Votes: None

- Result: Motion Carries

7. Old Business

- None

8. New Business:

9. Other Business and / or trustee comments:

- None

10. Adjournment

- Motion made to: Adjourn Meeting

- Motion made by: Nancy Elder

- Motion seconded by: Ellen Feeler

- Aye Votes: Ann, Jennifer, Kathie

- Opposed Votes: None

- Result: Motion Carries – Meeting Adjourned

Meeting adjourned at: 16:55

https://www.sullivanil.us/document_center/Library/Minutes/March%2026%202024%20ETML%20Trustee%20Board%20Minutes.docx