August 19, 2026 at 7:00 PM - Regular 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 July 15, 2026 Regular Board Meeting.

4.B. Payment of the Bills

4.B.1) Approve operating expenses of $447,069.79, payroll expenses of $336,867.59, Special Reserve expenses of $14,236.50, for a total monthly expense of $798,173.88.

4.C. Treasurer's Report

4.C.1) Review Financial Reports

4.D. Trustee Reports

4.E. Executive Director's Report

4.E.1) Monthly Statistics

4.E.2) Library Highlights

4.F. Communications & Committee Reports

5. New Business

5.A. Action on Ordinance 26-02 providing for budget and appropriations of the Niles-Maine District Library, Cook County, Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027

5.B. Action on Resolution No. 26-03, a resolution of the Board of the library trustees of the Niles-Maine District Library, Cook County, Illinois, providing for transfer of funds from the library's corporate fund to the library's special reserve fund

5.C. Action on proposal to approve the purchase of a replacement laser cutter from budgeted special reserve funds

5.D. Discussion on the progress of the library's remodel project beginning September 1, 2026, presented by IT & Facility Manager Richard Wozniczka

6. Executive Session  to discuss: 

• The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1).
• Collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees. 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2).
• 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).

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

8. Other

9. Adjournment