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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MINUTES
JULY 15TH, 1986
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting of July 15th, 1986 was called to order by Trustee Blevins
at 4 : 30pm.
Trustees Present: All Trustees were present
Trustees Absent: None
Staff Present: Mrs. Judy Gladysz, Library Secretary
Mr. Al Escoffier, Assistant City Librarian
BILLS:
M/S/C (Harvey/Mink) unanimously to approve the payment of City checks
in the amount of $39, 283 . 68 . M/S/C (Harvey/Mink) unanimously to approve
the payment of the Trustees Special Fund in the amount of $441 . 37 .
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF JUNE 17TH, 1986 :
Trustee Mink noted that under "Correspondence and Communications" ,
there should be a correction to read: Trustee Blevins also read a note,
instead of Trustee Weatherbe. After the correction, the Minutes of June
17th, 1986 were approved as written and ordered filed.
CORRESPONDENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS:
The July issue of "Library Spectacles" was mailed in the packets .
LIBRARIAN' S REPORT:
Duncan Property: Librarian Bergsing reported that Mr. Somerville is on
vacation and nothing has happened next door regarding the Duncan building.
Trustee Blevins asked "if Fox and Carskadon moves out of the downstairs
and the Library moves in, would the Library have to pay rent?" Trustee
Harvey said he is going to discuss the "draft" further with Bill Nagle as
Bill did not get a chance to look at the final copy. Trustee Mink said
she spoke with City Attorney Jerry Coleman and he expressed some concerns
regarding the agreement. There was a question as to whether or not the
draft was "legal and binding" due to the lack of signatures. There was
some concern about Section 3 of the draft with regards to the Library' s
rights and options in reference to the lower floor. Paragraph 2 clearly
states that "The Board of Trustees" can use the upstairs, rent free, but
there is nothing in paragraph 3 that states that. Some discussion
followed.
Mrs. Bergsing said that Hillsborough has not signed the new
Agreement for Library use.
Trustee Mink commended Patti and the staff for making the Library a
safer place because of the efforts expended on fire safety.
Mrs. Bergsing shared pictures that were taken at the Volunteer Tea.
Page 2 - Minutes - July 15th, 1986 :
Mrs. Bergsing had given the Board members a report on the money that
has been received throughout the past fiscal year from the State of
California for serving non-residents . She explained there was a drop in
revenue due to problems with the automated circulation system and that
hopefully, this fiscal year will be better.
Assistant City Librarian Al Escoffier said two new on-call librarians
have been hired and are due to start on Monday. Their names are Linda
Santo who has worked at the San Mateo Public Library and is still working
at University of California, Berkeley, Administrative offices, and Ruth
Carsch who is working on-call at San Mateo Public Library and Redwood City
Library as well. Mr. Escoffier will recruit again in September to try to
fill the still vacant positions.
Trustee Mink was glad to see that the Reference statistics were up,
and she wanted to express her sincere thanks to the staff for all of their
hard work during the past months while they were so short-handed.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Wurlitzer Organ: Mrs. Bergsing said she checked with the Recreation
Department and Ray Wagner is not interested in it. After some discussion,
the Board members agreed that the lady Joe Harvey knows , who is
interested, come in and look at the organ and perhaps make an offer.
Trustee Harvey will notify her and tell her it was appraised at $500. 00.
�- There was further discussion that the money be set aside to purchase books
in the name of Ben Hechinger.
NEW BUSINESS•
Election of Officers: M/S/C (Blevins/Mink) that Trustee Harvey be elected
as President for the new year, 1986-1987, Trustee Harvey accepted. M/S/C(
(Mink/Harvey) that Trustee Blevins be elected as Secretary for the new
year, 1986-1987, Trustee Blevins accepted.
Burlingame Public Library' s 75th Anniversary: Mrs. Bergsing gave some
historical background on the beginning of the Library in 1912 and said she
was planning on "old cars, old-time clothing, chamber music, etc. " to
celebrate the Library' s 75th birthday. The Board members thought these
were great ideas and President Harvey suggested a contest with a prize
going to the oldest borrowers card in Burlingame. There was some
discussion.
Mrs. Bergsing stated that the American Library Association will be
held on June 27th through July 2nd in San Francisco next summer.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting of July 15th, 1986, was adjourned at 5: 32pm following a
a demonstration at the Reference Desk of the new On-Line Reference Data
Base: "Search Helper" with the next meeting scheduled for August 19th,
1986 in the California Room at 4: 30pm.
1.- Respectfully submitted,
Patricia M. Bergsing
Clerk of the Board