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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 2000.05.16 BURLIIVGAME 1 BU R L I N G A M E f B LI C LIBRARY Burlingame Public Library Board of Trustees Minutes May 16, 2000 I. Call to Order The meeting of May 16, 2000 was called to order by President Mary Lou Morton at 4:30 pm. II. Roll Call Trustees Present: Jeff Berger, Cecile Coar, Jane Dunbar, Mary Herman and Mary Lou Morton, Staff Present: Alfred Escoffier, City Librarian Sidney Poland, Recorder III Warrants & Special Fund The Trustees unanimously agreed to approve the warrants as presented. M/S/C (Dunbar/Herman) IV. Minutes The Trustees unanimously agreed to approve the minutes of the April 18, 2000 meeting. M/S/C/ (Herman/Berger) V. Correspondence Correspondence mailed in the packets was reviewed. A. Project Read - Jean Crispieri of Project Read will provide the Board with information as to the number of Burlingame users and Burlingame volunteers. The City Librarian suggested the Board might consider having a Burlingame participant in the program speak to them. B. Duncan Trust Quarterly Report - At the request of the Trustees, the City Librarian will obtain from the Peninsula Community Foundation the percentage of investment allocation to the four components of the Endowment Fund. �. VI. From the Floor (Public Comments) None 4 8 0 P r i m r o s e R o a d • Bu r I i n g a m e . C A 9 4 0 1 0 - 4 0 8 3 Phone ( 650 ) 342 - 1038 * Fax ( 650 ) 342 - 1 948 . www. pls . lib . ca . us / pls / pls . html VII. Reports A. City Librarian's Report: The City Librarian reviewed his report highlighting the following events. 1. Friends - .The Friends Book Sale raised over $4,000. 2. HVAC - PG&E is monitoring the three phase power coming into the building and CommAir is reviewing the settings of the 36 VAV boxes which control the HVAC in the library. 3. Overdue Collections - Still in our trial period, the library has been able to collect approximately half of our overdue debt by means of a no cost "pre-collect" letter from our local credit bureau. B. Foundation Report - The next Elegant Affair will be held in the Library on November 10th at a cost of$75.00 per person. A fund raiser mailing is scheduled for early summer. Patti Bergsing will chair the Fall newsletter. C. Library Issues Breakfast Report - On Saturday, May 6th at the Systems Advisory Board breakfast, Brian Godbe & Associates gave the results of their Bay Area Library Study. 1000 phone calls were made to random households in the early months of 2000. The purpose of the survey was to compare services offered by libraries, internet and bookstores. VIII. Unfinished Business None IX. New Business A. eBranch Concept - The concept of eBranch is to provide comparable library services on the Net. Flyers describing electronic services available to users and how to access them were requested. X. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 4:45pm by President Mary Lou Morton in order that the Trustees could tour the individual Library divisions. The next meeting will be held June 20, 2000 at 4:30pm. Respectfully Submitted Alfred H. Escoffier City Librarian ti- Library Board of Trustee Minutes 2 May 16,2000