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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 1982.03.16 BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MINUTES MARCH 16th, 1982 CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Fricke called the meeting to order at 4:30pm. ROLL CALL: Trustees Present : Chairman Fricke, Secretary Weatherbe, Trustees Parsons , Nagle & Hechinger. Trustees Absent: None Also Present : Mrs . Joy Molder, Assistant City Librarian Mrg. Judy Gladysz, Library Secretary BILLS : Checks in the amount of $14,039 .86 were paid on a motion made by Trustee Parsons , seconded by Secretary Weatherbe and carried. Special Fund checks in the amount of $888. 37 were paid on a motion made by Trustee Parsons, seconded by Secretary Weatherbe and carried. MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF FEBRARY 16th, 1982 : Minutes of the meeting of February 16th, 1982 were approved as written and ordered filed. CORRESPONDENCE : Secretary Weatherbe read a letter from the Library Board of Trustees to Albert Horn, Esq. and the letter from Mr. Horn to the Library Board. She further read a letter from Mrs . Garnet Batinovich to Mrs . Bergsing commending 14r. -Warren Wickliffe of the Reference Department, in which Mrs . Batinovich had enclosed a donation of $100 .00 in appreciation. The Board members were very impressed. Mrs . Weatherbe read an acknowledgement to Mrs . Batinovich from 1,1rs . Bergsing. Secretary Weatherbe read a letter from Ms . Dorothy Sammut- Tovar who commended Mrs . Pat Harding on obtaining information for her. Trustee Weatherbe then read the acknowledgement from Mrs . Bergsing. Mrs . Patricia Thomas 's letter of resignation was read. The Board accepted with regret and asked Chairman Fricke to write �.. to Mrs . Thomas . BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY MINUTES PAGE 2 3/16/82 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT: UNFINISHED BUSINESS : L None NEW BUSINESS : Report' on the Status of the Duncan Property . Mrs . Bergsing reported that she had met with Mr. Somerville, Director of the Peninsula Foundation to try and establish some guidelines regarding the property next door. She stated that there were a number of issues to be resolved. She said she had hoped that the correspondence from the attorney would have contained more specific details about the on- going procedures and responsibilities regarding the Trust . Discussion followed, and finally the Board members asked Trustee Nagle if he would contact attorney Horn regarding the current legal status of the Duncan property and the future role and status of the Executors , Crocker Bank, the Peninsula Foundation, the City, the Library, and the Library Board. Mr. Nagle agreed to communicate with Mr. Horn and report back to the Board members at their next meeting. Purchase of' the Xerox 4000 Copy Machine: After some dis- cussion, the Board tabled this item until the meeting of April 20th, 1982 . Meeting with Congressman Lantos' '-' 'Chairman Fricke: Chairman Fricke reported that Congressman Lantos would be meeting at the San Mateo City Council Chamber, at City Hall in San Mateo , on Wednesday evening,. April 14th, at 7 :30pm. The topic of his address is "Advocating Effectively For Your Libraries". Chairman Fricke urged all the Board to attend. Library Legislators Day May 51 1982 Sacramento Librarian Bergsing announced that there is going to be a Library/ Legislators Day in Sacramento on May 5th, 1982 for Librarians , Trustees, Friends and Library supporters to meet with their Legislators to discuss library concerns and problems . She asked if any of the Board members were interested in attending and Chairman Fricke expressed interest . �- MISCELLANEOUS : Trustee Nagle referred to the "Outreach Report" submitted by Pamela Stamnes and asked what was being done about Bayview BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY MINUTES PAGE 3 3/16/82 Convalescent Hospital. Mrs . Molder explained that Bayview was a difficult situation to deal with , and there had been problems with `- the institution over a number of years . It takes a very special person to deal with the people and the environment at Bayview, and that Pamela had been doing an excellent job in "choosing" volunteers for that position. Chairman Fricke said she would write Pamela a letter to let her know she has the support of the Board members . ADJOURNMENT: The meeting of March 16th, 1982 was adjourned at 5 :35pm with the next meeting scheduled for April 20th, 1982 at 4: 30pm in the California Room. Respectfully submitted, Patricia M. Bergsing Clerk of the Board PMB/j g