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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 15TH, 1987
CALL TO ORDER:
A duly noticed regular meeting of the Burlingame Public Library Board
of Trustees was held on the above date in the California Room of the
Burlingame Public Library. The meeting was called to order at 4 : 30pm by
President Mink.
Trustees Present: BLEVINS, MINK, CANNON, BACIGALUPI
Trustees Absent: NONE
Staff Present: MRS. JUDY GLADYSZ, LIBRARY SECRETARY
MR. ALFRED ESCOFFIER, ASST. CITY LIBRARIAN
BILLS•
M/S/C (Cannon/Bacigalupi) unanimously to approve the payment of City
checks in the amount of $27,139. 55. M/S/C (Cannon/Bacigalupi) unanimously
to approve the payment of the Trustees Special Fund in the amount of
$1 ,445 . 67 .
MINUTES:
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of August 18th, 1987 were approved.
CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS:
Acknowledgements: a. Letter from Michael Gentleman requesting direct
public access to the University of California on-
line catalogs. Mrs . Bergsing explained what
public access to an on-line data base means.
She stated she will inform Mr. Gentleman that the
Library can provide the service but not in a
direct-access mode. Some discussion followed.
b. Letter from Lee Marie VanDusen complimenting two
staff members for help and courtesy.
C. Letter from San Francisco Public Library to the
Franchise Tax Board withdrawing from distribution
of tax forms . Mrs. Bergsing read a tele-type she
had received from the Peninsula Library System
earlier in the day. There is a legislative bill,
#AB129 on the Governor ' s desk that will require
public libraries to distribute tax forms.
Librarian Bergsing will follow-up on what happens
to the bill.
d. Library Spectacles: Distributed
REPORTS:
City Librarian: Vacancy on the Library Board: Mrs. Bergsing said the
final filing date for the Library Board is September 16th and no
interviews have been scheduled to date.
Finance Director ' s Year End Financial Review: Mailed in the Board
packets.
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Friends of the Library Meeting: Librarian Bergsing said the Friends
Fashion Show that was held in the Community Room on Sunday, September
13th, was a very nice affair. She said the clothes, from the 1912
Edwardian era, were just magnificent.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Letter from Foundation Regarding the Duncan Trust: Mrs. Bergsing has heard
nothing since receiving the letter from the Foundation. President Mink
suggested Mrs. Bergsing get in touch with the Foundation to see if Ms .
Guberman-Lane has responded to the letter from Mr. Somerville. Also, the
Board suggested that Librarian Bergsing try and schedule an appointment to
view the upstairs portion of the property in conjunction with the next
Board meeting.
Trustee Bacigalupi discussed the financial report from the Foundation
on the Duncan Property and suggested that since there is such a large
amount of money that the Library should draft a list of needed items and
present it to the Foundation. Mrs. Bergsing explained the procedures for
requesting funds that the Library Board has followed in the past. Trustee
Blevins suggested waiting until after the first of the year or until
budget requests were received from staff before requesting funds from the
Foundation. Discussion followed and Librarian Bergsing said she would
check with staff regarding any immediate needs they might have.
ki There was some discussion regarding possible future uses of the
Duncan property. There were no decisions made. Librarian Bergsing said
she will continue to discuss the possibilities with staff.
Trustee Registration and Attendance at C.L.A. Conference: Mrs. Bergsing
distributed the Preliminary Conference Programs and asked the Trustees to
fill out the appropriate paperwork before the deadline if they are going
to be attending the Conference.
Librarian Bergsing reminded the Trustees about Thursday' s celebration on
the lawn at City Hall for the Bicentennial of the Constitution.
Trustee Bacigalupi said the book on goal-setting for public libraries was
very good and helped him, as a new trustee, to understand the process in
library goal-setting. He found the book on performance measures less
helpful. The books were passed-on to Trustee Blevins.
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NEW BUSINESS:
ADJOURNMENT•
The meeting of September 15th, 1987 was adjourned at 5: 25pm with the
next meeting scheduled for October 20th in the California Room.
Respectfully submitted,
Patricia M. Bergsing
Clerk of the Board
PMB/jg
09/25/87
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