HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 2003.03.25 BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY
Burlingame Public Library
Board of Trustees
-1 1 Minutes
March 25, 2003
I. Call to Order
President Andrew Gurthet called the meeting to order at 4:30pm.
II. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Cecile Coar, Andrew Gurthet, Catherine
McCormack, Mary Herman and Carol Rossi
Staff Present Al Escoffier, City Librarian, Sidney Poland,
Recorder
III. Warrants and Special Funds
The Trustees unanimously agreed to approve the warrants. M/S/C
(Herman/Coar)
IV. Minutes
The Trustees unanimously approved the minutes of the February 18, 2003
meeting. M/S/C (Coar/Herman)
The Trustees unanimously approved the minutes of the February 25, 2003
meeting. M/S/C (Herman/Rossi)
V. Correspondence and Attachments
Correspondence mailed in the Board packets was reviewed.
A. Marshall Trust — Mr. Whitesides, Trustee of the Marshall Trust,
liquidated the four year trust as of December 2002. The Library has
approximately $668,373 in the Marshall Trust Fund.
B. Transaction Based Reimbursement Proposal
1. Governor Davis has proposed eliminating this program from
the budget which means libraries would have to charge non-
residents for borrowing library materials.
2. The Trustees agreed that President Gurthet will draft a letter
to be signed by all the Trustees requesting that TBR not be
removed from the state budget.
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C. Burlingame Library Week March 24th — 31St — Posters have been
placed in the schools, as well as local business establishments
announcing Burlingame Library Week and advertising the book sale to be
held March 28th and 29th. Canisters donated by Lunardi's and IL Fornaio
can be found on the counters of local stores for individual donations to
help restore the book collection.
VI. From The Floor - None
VII. Reports
A. City Librarian's Report
1. Flood Recovery— The Library is up and running as of
March 17th and only a few items need to be finished to complete the
restoration. As soon as the tile floor is completely dry, it will be
sealed and cleaned. Some chairs are being refinished.
2. Library Reorganization — Division supervisors reporting to
the City Librarian have been reduced from 6 to 4. Reclassification
of two middle managers from Librarian III to Librarian II saved loss
of two positions. Account Clerk II position in Administration will be
eliminated. Hourly staff will be reduced by 40% due to reduction in
Library service hours to the public.
B. Foundation Report — Carol Rossi
Jim Cannon, James Nagel and Heidi Kenney have joined the
Foundation Board. Heidi Kenny is chairperson for the Library book
sale being held during Burlingame Library Week.
VIII. Unfinished Business
A. Budget Status — Trustee Herman moved that Item A. Section IX
New Library Schedule be moved to Unfinished Business for discussion
and action. M/S/C (Herman/McCormack)
1. As part of the Library's budget cuts, open hours will be
reduced by 11 hours per week resulting in a savings of $175,000
due to the reduction of part time staff hours.
2. The City Librarian requested the Trustees approve the new
open hour schedule which will become effective July 1, 2003.
Hours would be as follows: Monday — Thursday 10am-9pm, Friday
10am-5pm, Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 1 :pm-5pm.
3. The Trustees approved the recommendation of the City
Librarian to adopt the new schedule for open hours of the Library
effective as of July 1, 2003. M/S/C (Rossi/McCormack)
4. In the event City revenues increase and additional funds are
available to the Library, the Trustees would be able to increase
open hours if they so chose. The City Librarian suggested the
following order of returning additional hours: 1) Friday 5pm-9pm,
2) Saturday, 5pm-6pm and 3) Monday—Saturday mornings
9am-10am.
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B. Easton Status Report
1 . Construction documents will be ready next week. The
Easton Committee, Hal Brandes and Bharati Dahanukar, architects,
and some of the city officials will meet next week to discuss the
next steps and what items should be included in the bid package.
2. If the cost overrun of approximately $130,000 still exists by
July 1, 2003, the City Manager, Jim Nantell has agreed to keep
Easton open for three additional months but will not extend the time
period after the end of September.
3. Some options are as follows: 1) put the project out to bid in
May or June and see what actual construction costs would be 2)
request that the successful bidder hold his bid for 3 months or 3)
delay bidding until next year.
4. The Trustees inquired as to the possibility of using a phased
approach. The City Librarian will discuss this idea with the
architects.
IX. New Business
A. New Library Schedule — This item was moved to Section VIII
Unfinished Business.
B. Delay in Easton Renovation
1 . The City Librarian requested that the Trustees approve a
delay of the Easton renovation project for a period of 4 months.
This time period would give the staff time to catch up on their
normal workload that was put aside while flood issues received first
priority. Also, the reorganization of staff caused by the recent
budget cuts will take place in the coming months.
2. After discussion of the Easton situation, the Trustees
unanimously agreed to table the vote on the delay of the Easton
renovation. M/S/C Herman/Rossi
X. Announcements
A. Legislative Day— The City Librarian will obtain the details of the
event and include the information in the next board packet.
B. Special Trustee Meeting — The Trustees agreed to have a special
Trustee meeting on Friday, March 28th to approve and sign the letter that
will be sent to the Assembly Budget Subcommittee Number Two on
Education and Finance regarding the Governor's proposal to eliminate
TBR from the state budget. M/S/C (McCormack/Gurthet)
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XI. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 6:00pm. M/S/C (McCormack/Herman).
The next meeting of the Library Trustees will be held Friday, March 291h at
7:30pm in the Library Conference Room.
Respectfully Submitted,
Alfred H. Escoffier
City Librarian
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