September 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting

1. Call to Order/Roll Call

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Public Comment

4. CONSENT AGENDA: All items on the Consent Agenda are considered to be routine and will be enacted in one motion. There will be no individual discussion of these items unless a Trustee so requests. The requested item will then be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered at the end of the Consent Agenda. 

4.A. Approval of Minutes

4.A.1) Minutes of the August 13, 2025 Special Board Meeting.

4.A.2) Minutes of the August 20, 2025 Regular Board Meeting. 

4.A.3) Minutes of the August 26, 2025 Finance Committee Meeting. 

4.A.4) Minutes of the August 27, 2025 Special Board Meeting - Strategic Planning

4.B. Payment of the Bills

4.B.1) Action on operating expenses of $179,747.94, payroll expenses of $316,886.96, Special Reserve expenses of $15,000, for a total monthly expense of $511,634.90

4.C. Treasurer's Report

4.D. Trustee Reports

4.E. Executive Director's Report

4.E.1) Library Activity Statistics

4.E.2) Monthly Program Statistics

4.E.3) Library Highlights

4.F. Communications & Committee Reports

4.F.1) IPLAR 2025

5. Unfinished Business

5.A. Action on Proposal to Expand Library Operating Hours

6. New Business

6.A. Action on Ordinance 25-02 Ordinance Providing for Budget and Appropriations of the Niles-Maine District Library, Cook County, Illinois, for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2025 and Ending June 30, 2026

6.B. Discussion about 2025 levy

7. Executive Session to discuss:

• The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).
• Discussion of minutes of meetings lawfully closed under the Open Meetings Act, whether for purposes of approval by the body of the minutes or semi-annual review of the minutes as mandated by Section 2.06. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(21).

8. Action, if any, on executive session items.

9. Other

10. Adjournment