Meeting of the Board of Trustees
August 11, 2026
7:00 PM
Agenda
Call to Order
Determination of Quorum
Community Concerns
Guests
Approval or Minutes:
 July 14., 2026– Regular Meeting
Financial Reports
 July 2026
Director’s Report
Old Business
 Front of building repair work
New Business
 Employee Compensation – Consideration of Wage Increase for Library Staff
 2027 Consolidated Election
Adjournment
Next Meeting Date: September 8, 2026

 

 

Meeting of the Board of Trustees
August 11, 2026
7:00 P.M.
Minutes
Call to Order (7:01 PM)
● Attendance -
Present: Roger McCollum, Rene McCollum, Megan Harding, Jennifer Garden, Jordyn
Stevens and Janet Clark - Library Director. Absent: Amy McGuire and Britta Krabill.
● Determination of Quorum: Yes
Community Concerns - NONE
Guests - NONE
Approval of Minutes
● Megan Harding moves to approve the meeting minutes from July 14, 2026. Jordyn
Stevens seconds. A roll call vote was held. All Trustees responded aye. Motion passes.
Approval of Financial Report
● Jordyn Stevens moves to approve the July 2026 financial report. Rene McCollum
seconds. A roll call vote was held. All Trustees responded aye. Motion passes.
Director’s Report - Director’s Report was reviewed.
Old Business -
● Front of building repair work
We discussed whether we should still try to have the repair done this year or wait until the
spring. Roger McCollum will reach out to Roger Kyler for an estimate to remove the soil
from the area and to see if there is a possibility that Kyler might provide this service free
of charge for the library. Roger McCollum will also check with Scott Kaelin in regard to
laying bricks once the area is cleared and cleaned. The other area where the bricks are
leaning we might leave for later.
● Old furnace - Janet Clark will check on pricing for a new furnace in the old section of
the library. The plan is to get it replaced before it breaks down,
New Business -
● Employee Compensation - Consideration of Wage Increase for Library Staff
Hannah has done a lot of work with the 3D printer and has had a lot of good ideas. Janet
Clark feels that Hannah deserves a raise for all of the work that she does; Janet Clark
proposes that Hannah’s salary is raised to $17.00 an hour which is a 3% increase. Hailey
Newsome is replacing Laura Chessman and will start at a lower wage of $16.00 an hour
instead of $16.49. The total cost of all employee salaries will not increase. Jennifer
Garden moves to increase Hannah’s salary to $17.00 an hour. Megan Harding seconds. 
A roll call vote was held. All Trustees responded aye. Motion passes.
● 2027 Consolidated Election
All Board members, except for Jennifer Garden, need to run for office in the April 2027
election. Janet Clark included election information material in the board packet and
explained the procedure to get signatures, etc. Each board member must get 25
signatures of Malta Township residents on their petition. The time is now open to get
signatures. The Loyalty Oath, Petition and Statement of Candidacy need to be notarized
and turned into Janet Clark the week of November 16-23. Statement of Economic
Interests filing dates are October 19-26. This form needs to be turned into the DeKalb
County Clerk.
Adjournment - (7:47 PM) Jordyn Stevens moves to adjourn. Jennifer Garden seconds. A roll
call vote was held. All Trustees responded aye. Motion passes.
Next Meeting - September 8, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by Rene McCollum, Board Secretary