Warren-Newport Public Library District
Lake County, Illinois
Board of Trustees
Jo Beckwith, President
Katherine Arnold
George Kotsinis, Vice President
Jennifer Cheng
Bonnie Sutton, Secretary
Anne Linsdau-Hoeppner
Andrea Farr Capizzi, Treasurer
Special Meeting
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
McCullough Board Room / The Flex
Call to Order, Roll Call, and Determination of Quorum
President Beckwith called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Trustees present: Arnold, Beckwith, Cheng, Farr Capizzi, Kotsinis, Linsdau and
Sutton.
Also present: Executive Director Ryan Livergood and Noreen Reese.
Pledge of Allegiance
President Beckwith led those present in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Public Comments, Correspondence and Communications. None.
New Business
The meeting was reconvened to The Flex for a discussion of the WNPL vision
and mission statements. Executive Director Livergood facilitated the Cover
Story Vision exercise. The Board consensus was that the words Learn, Inspire,
Transform, and Community will be the basis of the new WNPL mission
statement in the upcoming strategic plan.
Adjournment
Trustee Farr Capizzi moved and Trustee Kotsinis seconded that the meeting be
adjourned.
The motion carried on a unanimous voice vote.
President Beckwith adjourned the meeting at 8:38 p.m.
/s/ Bonnie Sutton
Bonnie Sutton, Secretary
Approved: January 21, 2020
/s/ Ryan Livergood
Ryan Livergood, Recording Secretary