HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 2005.11.15 BURLINGAME PUBLIC LIBRARY
Burlingame Public Library
Board of Trustees Minutes
November 15, 2005
I. Call to Order
President McCormack called the meeting to order at 5:45pm
II. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Nancy Brock, Deborah Griffith, Katie
McCormack and Pat Toft
Trustee Absent: Bruce Carlton
Staff Present: Al Escoffier, City Librarian
Sidney Poland, Recorder
111. Warrants and Special Funds
The Trustees approved the warrants dated November 15, 2005.
M/S/C (Toft/Griffith)
The Trustees approved the warrants dated October 17, 2005. M/S/C
(Brock/Toft)
IV. Minutes
The Trustees unanimously approved the minutes of the October 17,
2005 meeting. M/S/C (Toft/McCormack)
V. Correspondence and Attachments
Correspondence and Attachments were noted.
A. Peninsula Community Foundation - The PCF has been
working with other community foundations in the Gulf Coast to
determine how to effectively distribute contributions of
approximately $600,000 to rebuild the area. The Trustees
suggested that Mr. Veech might be interested in making his
contribution through PCF since we have not heard from the Library
Director of our adopted library, St. Tammany. The City Librarian
will contact Mr. Veech.
B. Librarian's Wish List 2006 - The City Librarian reviewed his
Wish List for the coming year which he has submitted to the
Foundation Board of Directors. Funding requests include
is for children and adult programs, collection enhancement,.
City/Library Centennial Celebration, and additional story times on
Saturday morning. The total amount of the request is $55,200.00.
VI. From the Floor
No one from the public attended the meeting.
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VII. Reports
A. City Librarian's Report - Highlights of Report
1. National Awards - The American Library Association
presented the Library with 4 national awards for public
relations. The awards were given for 2 brochures, a poster
notifying patrons of a Persian children's program, and the
Foundation Newsletter entitled "Library Lines". Maryam
Refahi, library staff artist, created the designs for these items.
2. Personnel Issues
Jim Kaufman our building maintenance worker, has returned
to work on a part time basis until December when he will move
to full time status. Tracy Hammond remains on disability
sick leave. Vacation hours given by City and Library staff will
provide Tracy with an additional 6 months on the city payroll.
Linda Santo, who has been out on a workman's comp surgery
is scheduled to return to work the first part of December. Jan
Eustis, will be out on disability sick leave fora period of 6 to 8
weeks.
3. Burlingame City Centennial
The City has begun making plans for the Burlingame
Centennial which will be continuous from July 2007 until July
2008. Committee chairpersons will be looking for volunteers.
The official centennial for the library is October 18, 2009.
4. Milllennium Online System,-' A new "holds" module is
being added which should make placing holds more user
friendly. The City Librarian is working independently with an
IT professional to ascertain how to better work with our vendor
to get the information we need from the new system.
B. Foundation Report
1. Book Sale - The book sale netted $1,500. Jim Cannon
and Stephen Hamilton, who co-chaired the sale, are
researching new ways to market the next event which will be
held in April of 2006.
C. CALTAC Workshop
Trustee Brock reported that the workshop was technically
informative. Usage of various electronic tools used in libraries
today such us radio frequency identification, e-books and
wireless access to the internet were discussed.
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VIII. Unfinished Business
A. Employee Award Status - Trustees Toft, Griffith, and
McCormack will review the nominations after today's meeting.
B. Employee Recognition Dinner Status - Trustees Katie
McCormack, Pat Toft and Foundation Board member Heidi Kenney
will meet with the Doubletree Catering Manager to confirm the final
details for the dinner.
IX. New Business
A. Statistics Comparison Requested by Trustee Carlton
In the absence of Trustee Carlton, the Trustees present passed a
motion to table the discussion on this issue until Trustee Carlton
could be present. M/S/C (Griffith/Toft)
B. Library Hours Budget Figures - The Trustees reviewed the
financial information on the loss of service hours prepared by the
City Librarian. The City Librarian noted that the Trustees could also
consider opening different hours rather than the specific hours that
were lost due to the cuts. One option could be to open more hours
on Sunday. The City Librarian and Library managers will explore
this option with regard to staffing before the next Trustee meeting.
Trustee Griffith made a motion to table this matter until the January
meeting. M/S/C (Griffith/Brock)
C. Cancellation of December 20, 2005 Meeting - The Trustees
unanimously passed a motion to cancel their December 20, 2005
Trustees meeting due to lack of business. M/S/C (Griffith/Brock)
D. Staff Recognition - The Trustees approved the City
Librarian's request to fund the awards given to staff for their years of,
service. M/S/C (Toft/Griffith)
X. Announcements
Trustee McCormack noted that that the Community Information
Program site found on the PLS Website is a useful source for finding
out about events and happenings in San Mateo County.
XI. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 6:30pm. The next meeting will be held
January 17th at 5:30pm in the Conference Room.
Respectfully Submitted,
Alfred H. Escoffier
City Librarian
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