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Burlingame Public Library
Board of Trustees Minutes
January 17, 2006
I. Call to Order
President McCormack called the meeting to order at 5:30pm
II. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Bruce Carlton, Deborah Griffith
Katie McCormack and Pat Toft
Trustee Absent: Nancy Brock
Staff Present: Al Escoffier, City Librarian
Sidney Poland, Recorder
III. Warrants and Special Funds
The Trustees approved the warrants for December 15, 2005 and
January 17, 2006. M/S/C (Griffith/Toft)
IV. Minutes
The Trustees approved as written the minutes of the November 17,
2005 meeting. M/S/C (Griffith/Toft) There was no meeting in
December.
V. Correspondence and Attachments
Correspondence and Attachments were noted.
A. Legislative Report - The City Librarian advised the Trustees
that the Library Construction Bond measure will be placed on the
June 2006 ballot.
B. CALTAC Workshop - The Trustees received CALTAC
applications in their board packets and were appraised of
the benefits of becoming a member by the City Librarian. Sidney will
register all Trustees as CALTAC members.
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. Easton Branch Library - Two national magazines
American Libraries and Library Journal featured the Easton
Branch in their recent publications. Easton circulation has
increased approximately 300% and user traffic 140% over pre-
renovation days.
2. Personnel Issues - Library staff is presently down 120
hours per week (3 FTE). One librarian remains out on a
workman's compensation claim; Jan Eustis, a library assistant
in the Children's Dept. will return on a part time basis the
week of January 23rd. Recruitment is in process for a
temporary part time professional librarian to assist in covering
public service desks.
3. Burlingame City Centennial - The City Librarian is a
member of the marketing committee which is chaired by Dan
Anderson. Jeffrey Griffith is Finance Director. Deborah
Griffith and Pat Toft of the Trustees and Dale Perkins of the
Foundation Advisory Board, along with the Stephen Hamilton,
President of the Foundation Board will also participate in
planning the event
B. Foundation Report
1. Election of Officers for 2006 - The Board of Directors
approved the following slate of officers for 2006: President -
Stephen Hamilton, First Vice President - Scott Nedwick, Second
Vice President - Jim Cannon, Treasurer - Mary Blythe, and
Secretary - Lisa Rosenthal.
2. New Board Members - Susan May, John McMorrow, Eileen
Nash and Regina Neu are the newly elected members of the
Foundation Board.
3. Wish List - The Foundation Board approved the following
funding for library programs and collection development which the
City Librarian had requested:
Special Children's $ 3,500
Programs
Spanish Language Story Hours $ 5,600
One County/One Book Project $ 3,000
Saturday Morning Story Hours $ 3,600
Enhance Picture Book $ 8,000
Collection
Adult Author Programming $ 3,500
Enhancement of Media $10,000
Collection
Total $37,200
The Board decided to set aside funding for the Centennial
Celebration until a future date.
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VIII. Unfinished Business
A. Statistics Comparison
�- The Trustees reviewed the "Key Indicators" which reflected a yearly
comparison of various library statistics from 2003-2005.
B. Increase of Library Services Hours
1. Trustees Request - At the request of the Trustees, the
City Librarian and the management team discussed the
possibility of restoring service hours lost as a result of budget
cuts 3 years ago. Their recommendation to the Trustees
to restore 4 hours on Friday night was considered to be the
best choice for the community and the most realistic in terms
of staffing, if additional funding from the City becomes
available
2. Recommendation from Trustees - The Trustees requested
that the record show their unanimous support for the recommen-
dation proposed by the City Librarian and library managers to
restore the 4 hours on Friday night and their consensus that a
funding request be made to the City Council at the soonest
appropriate time. In addition, the Trustees recommended
requesting that the City Council increase the budget for the library
collection which is $66,000 or 27% below 3 years ago.
IX. New Business
A. Lane Community Room Usage Fee - The Trustees
unanimously approved the recommendation of the City Librarian to
increase the usage for the Lane Community Room from $50. to $75.
per event. M/S/C (Griffith/Carlton)
X. Announcements
Trustee McCormack noted the following library events:
A. Bay Area Library & Information System, Peninsula Library
System, Silicon Valley Library System event about creative ideas
for fund raising. The event will be held at San Francisco Public
Library on April 1, 2006.
B. California Library Association Conference - This event will
be held November 10th - 13th in Sacramento. Further information
will follow.
C. One Book/One Community Program - This event will take
place in the fall. Further information will follow.
D. Legislative Breakfast - The date for this event is March 25th
E. Literacy Breakfast will be held at Dominic's on April 6th.
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XI. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 6:30pm. The next meeting will be held
February 21 st at 5:30pm in the Conference Room.
Res ctfully Submitted,
SEsi4 ;
Alfre H. coff
City Librarian
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