OLNEY PUBLIC LIBRARY

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

January 13, 2026

  1. Call to Order – Roll Call
    • The monthly meeting of the Olney Public Library Board of Trustees was called to order by President Julia Eichhorst January 13, 2026 at 5:32 pm.
    • Present – included Julia Eichhorst, Rachel Kinkade, Andrea Puckett, Crystal Trout, Audra Clodfelter, Amy Keck, Matt Kirk, Laura Lathrop, Derek Mason
    • Absent – N/A
    • Others Present – Logan Braddock, Director and Janilyn Travis, Bookkeeper
  2. Recognition of Visitors and Public Comments – N/A
  3. Secretary’s Report and Approval of Previous Minutes
    The minutes of the December 9th meeting were reviewed. Rachel Kinkade made a motion to approve the minutes. Laura Lathrop seconded the motion. Measure carried.
  4. Treasurer’s Report & Approval of Bills Payable
    • December 2025 financial reports were reviewed. Crystal Trout made a motion to approve the financials. Derek Mason seconded the motion. Measure carried.
    • Rachel Kinkade made a motion to approve the December bills payable. Audra Clodfelter seconded the motion. Measure carried.
    • Crystal Trout made a motion to open the budget to add $3,000 which has been awarded to the OPL from Carrie Winters Trust to the Carrie Winters Trust revenue line and the Carrie Winters Fall Grant expense line. Andrea Puckett seconded the motion. Measure carried. It was noted that our grant request was $5,000, and we were awarded $3,000. Funds are to be used for One Book One Community if we are able to raise addition funds to see the project to fruition.
    • No action needed to be taken for the Philip Crackel grant regarding the budget at this time.
  5. Committee Reports
    • Finance Committee – No report.
    • Personnel Committee – Derek will be compiling the evaluations this weekend and requests that they all be received this week. He will present the evaluation to Logan asap.
    • Policy/Bylaws Committee – No report
    • Building/Grounds/Technology Committee – No report
    • Public Relations/Marketing Committee – No report
    • Planning Committee – No report
  6. Librarian’s Report
    • Logan presented a written report and schedule for the library usage.
    • Logan also reported that Pampe has installed the new sink in the women’s restroom and that Dan Hahn is working on a quote for the graphics for the children’s area.
  7. Correspondence/Communication/Public Relations – Kyle Ziegler submitted a letter to the library indicating that he was needing time off and assumed that would end his agreement with the library. Logan discussed with Kyle that if he wished to return after his time off, it would please the library. Kyle is going to get back to Logan with a decision. Meanwhile, Logan is going to explore alternative service for cleaning and maintenance during Kyle’s absence.
  8. Old Business – N/A
  9. New Business
    • Certificate of Deposit – Andrea Puckett made a motion to open a CD for 18 months at First National Bank at a rate of 3.56% with a deposit of $40,000. Amy Keck seconded the motion. Measure carried.
    • 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan – Logan is going to request $7,000 from the City of Olney for books.
    • Staff Evaluations – Logan completed staff evaluations last week and made the results available to the trustees for review.
    • Chapter #1 Access – Logan reviewed this information and indicated the OPL is in compliance in all regards.
  10. Executive Session – N/A
  11. Adjournment – Rachel Kinkade made a motion to adjourn. Amy Keck seconded the motion. Meeting was adjourned at 6:47 pm.

Minutes submitted by Crystal Trout.