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Board of Trustees Minutes
March 28, 2006
I. Call to Order
President McCormack called the meeting to order at 5:35pm
II. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Nancy Brock, Bruce Carlton, Deborah
Griffith, Katie McCormack, Pat Toft
Staff Present: Al Escoffier, City Librarian
Sidney Poland, Recorder
III. Warrants and Special Funds
The Trustees approved the warrants for March 14, 2006. M/S/C
(Griffith/Toft)
IV. Minutes _
The Trustees approved as written the minutes of the February 21,
and March 1, 2006 meetings. M/S/C (Griffith/Carlton)
V. Correspondence and Attachments
Correspondence and Attachments were reviewed.
The City Librarian specifically noted the Library Use Statistics for the
months of August 2005 through February 2006 emphasizing that
with the new system statistics are compiled differently and that the
method of obtaining this information has changed 3 times. Although
the statistics presently show a decrease in circulation, he feels this
could be somewhat incorrect as the library is consistently busy and
on weekends all 200 seats are full.
VI. From the Floor
No one from the public attended the meeting.
VII. Reports
A. City Librarian's Report - Highlights of Report
1. Library Budget - The proposed budget was submitted
on March 17th. The Council directed the City to include the
following budget increases for the library:
a. $25,000 for hourly employee costs to cover two
additional hours of public service from 5:00pm to
7:001im on Friday night.
b. $33K for the Collection budget
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2. Some Budget Impacts
�- a. Increase of outsourcing in cataloging and processing
thereby decreasing employee costs and permitting staff
more time to staff public service desks.
b. Implementation of the serials module of Millennium
to replace our manual system.
c. Creation of new Library and Foundation Web pages.
d. Reinstatement of adult programs
3. Personnel Issues
Staff remains down 50 hours per week of librarian time.
One librarian should return to full time in April.
B. Foundation Report
The Foundation is working on the following projects:
a. Creation of Foundation website
b. Introduction of Foundation to the business community
c. Continue efforts to establish a Planned Giving Program
d. Possible publication of two newsletters a year to raise
public awareness of the Foundation's goals.
e. Book Club Exchange Sunday April 2nd 2:00pm Lane
Room
f. Book Sale April 21-23rd Lane Room
VIII. Unfinished Business
A. Library Budget - Budget issues were previously discussed during the
City Librarian's report.
IX. New Business
A. Unattended Children Policy
The Trustees unanimously approved the Unattended Children
Policy. M/S/C (Griffith/McCormack) This policy was written by Sue
Reiterman, Children's Librarian, and her staff in a sincere effort to
encourage parents and guardians to ensure their children's safety and
well being by remaining with them at all times.
X. Announcements
A. Staff Loss - Al Escoffier told the Trustees that staff member
Tracy Hammond passed away March 25th from cancer. The date of
the memorial service has not been determined at this time.
B. April Meeting - President Katie McCormack will not be able to
attend the April 18th Trustees meeting.
C. Public Library Conference - Al Escoffier and Pat Harding
returned from the conference with some new ideas for our library. Al
was especially impressed with the genealogy database presentation
and the Reader's Advisory (what to read next) database.
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D. PLS Group Community Information Handbook - Trustee
McCormack noted that this handbook is a valuable source of
available community services. Handbooks will be given to Trustees
at the next meeting.
XI. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 6:30pm. The next meeting will be held
April 18, 2006 in the Conference Room.
Respectfully Submitted,
Alfred H. Escoffier
City Librarian
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