Board of Trustees

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING & OPERATIONS COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE PARK RIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY HELD SEPTEMBER 11, 2007 AT 7:40 P.M. IN THE MEMORIAL ROOM OF THE LIBRARY ROLL CALL: PRESENT: Shlomo Crandus, Chair; Margaret Harrison, Eileen O'Neill-Burke, Library Board; Janet Van De Carr, Library Director; Linda Egebrecht, Library staff. ABSENT: Dorothy Hynous. Approval of Minutes Mrs. O'Neill-Burke made a MOTION: To approve the minutes for the Planning and Operations Committee Meeting held August 14, 2007. Mrs. Harrison SECONDED the motion. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Community Survey The Committee discussed the Community Survey timeline and determined that the best time would be either before Thanksgiving or in January. The Committee asks the Board Trustees to come to the September Board meeting prepared to review the revised Community Survey questions as presented by Northern Illinois University and determine if they wish to make any revisions. The Committee wishes to have the survey ready soon. The surveying is usually a 6 to 8 week process, therefore it would be best to launch at the end of September and finish before Thanksgiving, or start in January. Output Measures Annual Survey Questions The Committee discussed the Output Measures Survey. The Library staff intends to keep the OMS to 4 or 5 questions because people get don't respond well when there are too many questions. The OMS is scheduled to start September 24 and volunteers are already scheduled to assist. The Committee discussed using the same questions as 2005 and comparing the results to see if we get a different response. Some discussion ensued regarding the phrasing of questions, and the attached questions were developed. Strategic Plan No updates were made to the Strategic Plan due to the work on the surveys. Adjournment: 8:25 p.m.