Board of Trustees
River Forest Public Library
Committee of the Whole Meeting
October 24, 2006

Call to Order
Mr. Coe called the meeting to order at 7:15 p.m.

Roll Call
Present at the meeting were:  Director Dawn Bussey and Trustees Coe, Horstman, Fischer, Soffer, Cusack, and Daly. Trustee Ryan was excused.

Audience to Visitors, Trustee and Staff Comments
There were no comments.

Approval of Minutes of September 27, 2006 Committee of the Whole Meeting
The minutes were not in the packet: will be approved at the November Committee of the Whole meeting.

New Business

A. Preliminary Budget Proposal

	Previous to the meeting, Board members reviewed the information in their packets which included preliminary budget information from Mrs. Bussey. This information showed:
	~Potential new items requiring additional funding
	~Possibilities further down the line
	~New projects being tested or soon to be tested within the current budget
	~Known increases
	~Suggested decreases
	Board members had also reviewed preliminary budget proposals from Children’s Services, Adult Services, Circulation, Adult Services Audiovisual and Patron Relations.

	Mr. Soffer led the discussion which focused on prioritizing and making decisions regarding the new items which would require additional funding. These items included a proposal to increase full-time staff wages. The Board requested that Mrs. Bussey provide them with information about salary scales and increased compensation issues.  A new website provider, a special adult program with a well-known speaker for spring of ’08, and increasing the adult non-print collection were other new budget items.
	 The procedure is as follows: There will be a Committee of the Whole Meeting in November to create a preliminary budget. This preliminary budget will be brought to the December regular meeting for approval and if approved, sent to the Village in February.




B. Capital Improvements

	Mrs. Fischer reported that she met with architects from Holabird & Root. There will be six meetings scheduled for the architects to meet with the staff, representatives of the local government, and the public. The architects will be at the regular November Board meeting to present a preliminary report.

Adjournment
	Mr. Soffer moved for adjournment at 9:15 p.m. Mr. Coe seconded. A vote was taken and the motion carried unanimously.

Respectfully submitted, 
Diane Daly, Secretary