Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Columbus Public Library Board July 23, 2007 The special meeting of the Columbus Public Library Board was called to order at 4:30 PM on Thursday, July 23, 2007 by the President, Craig Neid. He read and signed the “Certification of Compliance,” regarding the “Open Meeting” law. Other Library Board members present included Carol Keller, Lynn Rambour, and Jim Schaefer. Mr. Jirka had asked to be excused from the meeting. Also present were Joe Mangiamelli, City Administrator, Larry Mares of RVW, Brad Hruska, Children’s Librarian, and Robert Trautwein, the Library Director. Notice of this meeting was given in advance with a copy of the agenda posted at City Hall and in the Public Library. All proceedings hereafter shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the public. The Minutes of the July Board meeting were reviewed and allowed to stand as presented with a motion from Jim Schaefer and a second from Lynne Rambour. The motion passed by voice vote. There were no financial reports, a Director’s Report, Committee Reports or Correspondence. There were no items under “Old Business” Under New Business Mr. Neid discussed the current status of the Children’s Room ceiling remodeling project. He said that since the last board meeting, the skylight has been installed. He invited the members of the board and others to view the Children’s Room with the newly installed skylight. Following the viewing and a discussion regarding the merits of continuing the project as contracted or asking for a change order to leave the girders exposed, the Board returned to the Constitution Room to resume the meeting. A motion was made by Carol Keller and seconded by Lynne Rambour to leave the ceiling girders exposed with the exception of the girders around the duct work. Trautwein asked if this will be predicated upon the additional cost of this “change order”? Mr. Neid said that we don’t know the cost yet but it is anticipated to be $10,000 or less. As such, he said that, for the sake of moving the project forward, the Library (Foundation) will need to absorb the costs. A roll call vote was called: Keller-aye, Rambour-aye, Schaefer-no and Neid-aye. The vote was 3 to one in favor of asking for the change order. Following the reading of the announcements, the President adjourned the meeting. Respectfully submitted, Robert Trautwein Library Director