Red Feather Mountain Library District
Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda
January 3, 2024, 3 PM
Meeting at the Red Feather Community Library and by Virtual Zoom attendance
Call to Order
Determination of a Quorum
Reading/Correction of the Minutes of the October 24, 2023, Board of Trustees meeting
Correspondence
Public Comments – limited to 5 minutes each, no more than four.
Friends of the Library Report
Public Service Librarian Reports
Darlene
Janet
Peggy
Committee reports:
Treasurer and Finance Committee Report – Jackie and Jena
Policy Committee Report on the December 12, 2023, and January 3, 2024, meetings
Director’s Report
Unfinished Business:
2024 operating budget
Board position search committee
SEEC contract
New Business:
Library/Community Association MOU
Determination of 2024 board officers and committee membership
Scheduling of the 2024 meetings
Next Policy and Documents: TBD
Next Board meeting: TBD
Next Finance: TBD
Official placing and posting notices: inside library bulletin board; library front entrance exterior bulletin board; Main Street library bulletin board; library webpage at
Red Feather Mountain Library
Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
January 3, 2024
The meeting was called to order at 2:06pm. Those in attendance were Ross, Bill G. Julie, Jackie, Sumukh, Darlene, Jena, Creed. Bill M. was present via Zoom.
A quorum was determined.
Th minutes from the October 24, 2023 meeting were approved as read with a motion from Sumukh and a second from Jackie.
Darlene gave a verbal report. 175 families were served for Thanksgiving. She doesn’t have numbers finalized for Christmas. No reports from Peggy or Janet.
The budget hearing took place at 2:15pm. After questions, the 2024 budget was approved as written after a motion from Bill G. and a second by Jackie. The resolution passed unanimously.
The board decided to move the determination of 2024 board officers and committee membership up to this point in the agenda. Bill G motioned to add Patrice Deim to the Library Board of Directors after approval from Larimer County and allowing Patrice to finish her commitments with The Friends of the Library. Jackie seconded. After a unanimous vote, the motion passed.
2024 Board of Directors Officers is as follows:
President-Jackie Scheuerman
Vice President-Ross Reed
Treasurer-Julie Sauter
Secretary-Spook Tipton
Finance Committee Board Members will be Julie, Jackie and Ross
Policy Committee Board Members will be Ross, Patrice and Jackie
Finance Committee Report:
The CSIP balance is $579215.12. The current rate is 5.56% which is still higher than any of the term rates. It was recommended that we leave the money in the regular account with CSIP. The Premier Account with 1st Bank will mature on February 22nd, 2024. At the next meeting, we will have to make a choice to proceed with this $10126.54.
Policy Committee:
Nothing to report
Director’s Report:
Creed is working on our exemption from audit.
The library has hired a maintenance position who is doing a great job.
The library is working on accessibility for the website. This accessibility must be in place by July 1, 2024.
The library is working with the POA to establish a working MOU.
Unfinished Business:
The 2024 Operating Budget has been approved.
The SEEC contract is still in the process of being agreed upon.
New Business:
The MOU between the library and the Community Association was tabled to next month.
The board meetings for 2024 will be the third Wednesday at 1:00pm. We will be adding the Finance Committee meetings during the full board meeting. We will determine the schedule of policy meetings after it is decided how many policies need to be addressed in 2024.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:00pm.
Jackie Scheuerman
No Committee reports for January 2024