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LIBRARY
Burlingame Public Library
Board of Trustees
Minutes
July 24, 2001
I. Call to Order
The meeting of June 24, 2001 was called to order by President,
Cecile Coar, at 4:30 pm.
II. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Cecile Coar, Jane Dunbar, Andrew
Gurthet, Mary Herman, Katie McCormack
City Attorney: Larry Anderson
Staff Present: Alfred Escoffier, City Librarian
Lisa Wyatt, Recorder
III Warrants & Special Fund
The Trustees unanimously agreed to approve the warrants as
presented. M/S/C (Herman/Coag)
IV. Minutes
The Trustees unanimously agreed to approve the minutes of the
June 19, 2001 meeting. M/S/C (Herman/Guerthet)
V. Correspondence
Correspondence mailed in the packets was reviewed.
VI. From the Floor No public in attendance
VII. Reports
A. City Librarian's Report - Al Escoffier
The City Librarian reviewed his report highlighting the following
issues.
1. Easton Branch- The architects have been requested to
make a presentation to the Board at the August meeting.
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2. Summer Reading Club - Reading clubs for pre-school,
`- school age children and teenagers are in full swing. The teen
program has nearly 150 readers this year which is the
largest participation since the group originated.
3. Art in the Park - Linda Santo together with staff
members Pat Harding, Sue Reiterman, Roz Mincher, Karen
Kott and Georgia Rothrock organized the library's booth for
this local event on June 9th and 10th. Giveaways included
magnets with library phone numbers, children's calendars
and bookmarks.
B. Foundation Report - Dunbar/Herman - No Report
VIII. Unfinished Business
A. Easter Closure
1. Linda Crowe, System Director for PLAN/PLS has
advised the City Librarian that there will be no access to the
PLS automated network for circulation or bibliographic
searching (catalogue) on Easter Sunday, as it is a District
holiday.
2. Trustee Herman reported that Los Angles County
Library closes on Easter Sunday designating the holiday as
"Family Day". It is not a paid holiday.
3. Trustee Gurthet presented further information on the
Martin Luther King Library court case. The Martin Luther
King Library located in Washington D.C. was originally
closed on Easter Sunday. Due to an increase in funding the
library was able to open on Easter Sunday for three years.
Increased expenses, difficulty in staffing and few patrons, led
to the decision to return to an Easter Sunday closure. The
library was sued for closing on this holiday but the court
ruled in favor of the library's action. However, wording on
signage to the public noting the closure of the library had to
be non-religious.
4. City Attorney, Larry Anderson suggested that in
keeping within state and federal legal decisions regarding
religious holidays, only city and federal holidays should be
specifically named in signage and publicity. The term
"Holiday" should be used for non-city and non-federal
holidays on which the Board wishes to close.
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S. Mr. Anderson further suggested that reasons for
closing on Easter Sunday should cite the Martin Luther King
case; state that the on-line catalogue would not be available;
required numbers of staff for operation of building would not
be available; staffing would be too expensive as premium pay
would be necessary due to union contracts and patron traffic
is anticipated to be low.
6. The Trustees agreed that the Easter Closure issue
should be placed on the August agenda as an action item.
7. After the Trustees have taken action on the Easter
Closure issue, the City Librarian has been requested to
advise Mr. Dave Johnson by letter of the Trustees' decision.
B. Election of Officers - The Trustees unanimously passed President
Coar's motion to approve the nomination of Mary Herman as
President of the Board for a one year term (July 2001-June 2002).
(Coar/McCormack) The Trustees also unanimously passed
President Coar's motion to approve the nomination of Jane Dunbar
as Secretary of the Board for a one year term (July 2001-June
2002). (Coar/Gurthet).
IX. New Business -
A. City Council Contacts - The Trustees have updated their
�. individual city council contacts as follows:
Cecile Coar Joe Galligan
Jane Dunbar Mike Spinelli
Kathy McCormack Rosalie O'Mahoney
Mary Herman Mike Coffee
Andrew Gurthet Mary Janney
B. Friends Request - The Trustees unanimously passed the
motion of Trustee Herman to request a donation of$16,000 from
the Friends of the Burlingame Library for the fiscal year July 2001-
June 2002 to fund the following programs. (Herman/McCormack)
Program Amount
Begin with Books Program $2,000
Poetry Month 1,200
Holiday Programs 750
Printing/Public Relations 2,850
Videocassettes 2,600
Compact Disks Music 2,600
Books on CD 4,000
Total $16,000
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X. Announcements -
A. Gladysz Case - City Attorney, Larry Anderson, informed the
Trustees of the recent developments in the Gladysz civil suit. The
City of Burlingame, Plaintiff and Judy Gladysz, Defendant, have
agreed to the terms of a settlement. If a settlement proves
unworkable, the court case will be continued on October 5, 2001.
B. Marble - The Trustees indicated an interest in having the
marble from the floor of the old library made into book ends or
paper weights to be given to donors or used as a fund raising item.
C. Recognition - The Trustees discussed giving a party for Kris
Cannon and Jeff Berger in recognition of their years of service on
the Library Board. A definite date will be set after determining a
time when both Jeff and Kris can attend.
D. Change of September Meeting Date -The Trustees
requested that a possible date change for the September meeting to
the 11th of September be placed on the agenda.
E. CALTAC Workshop - Andrew Gurthet will attend the
workshop on September 22nd in San Francisco.
XI. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 5:30pm. The next
meeting of the Library Board of Trustees is tentatively scheduled
for August 21, 2001 in the Library Conference Room.
Respectfully Submitted
AlfrtH<oyffi"er
City Librarian
The final draft of the Minutes for July 24, 2001 was completed by
Sidney Poland.
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