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Library Board of Trustees Minutes
November 27, 2012
I. Call to Order
-President Corcoran called the meeting to order at 5:30pm.
II. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Betsy Corcoran, Deborah Griffith, Katie McCormack
Lisa Rosenthal, Sandy Towle
City Attorney: Gus Guinan
Staff Present: Pat Harding, City Librarian
Sidney Poland, Recorder
III. Agenda Change:
The Trustees approved Trustee Towle's motion to move New Business Item A.
Patron Disciplinary Procedure to the next agenda item. Gus Guinan reviewed the
Trustees'Role for improper behavior and the documents that give them the legal
authority to perform disciplinary action.
A. California Education Code Section 18960 states that a Library has the
authority to establish rules and "exclude from privileges" of the Library, those
`.. persons who violate rules.
B. Burlingame Municipal Code Chapter 3.44
The Library Board of Trustees has the authority to establish rules which clearly
state patron behavior in the library.
1. Prohibit the use of the Library for non-Library-related activities.
2. Prohibit the use of the Library for activity which unreasonably interferes
with other patrons'use of the Library.
Pat Harding stressed the fact that patrons have the right to use the library
without fear of being made to feel uncomfortable or being threatened.
C. 2009 "Role of Library Trustees"
This document states that the Library Board of Trustees has the "power to bar ,
persons whose continued inappropriate behavior necessitates action". Such
action is only taken with due process and a public hearing-.'Due process is
notice and right to be heard.
The defendant must be served legal documentation alleging his/her
inappropriate behavior and be informed of the date, time, and location of the
hearing. Failure of the defendant to appear on his own behalf permits the
Trustees to review the facts of the defendant's inappropriate behavior, ask
questions of persons involved, and then make a decision whether or not to ban
the defendant from the Library for a speck period of time.
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D. Agenda for December 2012 Hearing
Gus reviewed the agenda for the December-12, 2012 hearing for Brian O'Meara
and Rosalyn Aitken.
1. President Corcoran will open the hearing with a brief summary of the
Board's-responsibilities in this matter.
2. City Librarian, Pat Harding, will present the facts supporting the Library
staff's request to suspend the library privileges of the defendants.
3. Defendants Brian O'Meara and Rosalyn Aitkin will then have the
opportunity to support their position.
4. Trustees will then have opportunity to ask them questions. If either _
defendant does not appear, the Trustees may ask questions of Pat
Harding, police officers involved in the case, or staff members.
5. Trustees will then discuss the matter among them and render a decision
on whether or not to ban the defendants.
E. Concluding Comments Gus Guinean
Gus commented that if in the future the Trustees would like to revise their role
in regards to suspending a person library privileges, he would assist in making
the change.
III. Approval of Minutes for the October 16, 2012 Meeting
The minutes of the October 16, 2012 Trustees'meeting were unanimously
approved. M/S/C (Rosenthal/Griffith)
IV. Corresoondence and Information
\.. A. October statistics at the Main increased 19.18% over the same month in
2011; Easton decreased - 1.69% from October 2011.
B: Library Trustees'Account October 31, 2012.
The Trustees approved the motion of Trustee Griffith to move $2,500 from
the Copier Fund to the Volunteer Recognition Fund. M/S/C Griffith/Towle
V. Reports
A. City Librarian's Report Highlights
1. Wellness Committee Linda Santo and Geralyn O'Brien are the
Library's representatives to the City's Wellness Committee. The purpose of
this Committee is to adopt Wellness guidelines. Dan McClure, CEO of
Generations Community Wellness, a non-profit organization, is advising the-
City in how to achieve this goal.
2. Revision of Library Behavior Policy
Linda Santo and Amy Gettle are in the process of preparing a draft for a new
Behavior Policy for each manager to review with their staff. Managers will
determine the final revisions.
3. Group 4 Presentation
At the All Staff Meeting, Wayne Gehrke of Group 4 updated the staff on the
Millennium Project. Staff requested that smaller staff meetings be held to go
over the current plans. Suggestions were encouraged.
4. New City Manager
Lisa Goldman is the new Burlingame City Manager. She was previously
employed as the Assistant City Manager in Alameda.
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B. Foundation Report
Foundation members are focusing their efforts on the Children's Tea which will
take place on December 2nd at the main Library. To date there are close to 200
reservations.
VI. Unfinished Business
A. Capital Campaign Task Force Committee Report
New members to the committee are Al Escoffier, Kris.Cannon, David Chu, and
Rob Hutter: The Committee met On November 12th. Chair Person, Patty
Anixter gave an overview of the campaign to new members. Pat Nicholson
discussed the proposed Time Line. Members were asked to come forth with a
better moniker for the project as "Millennium" is somewhat outdated and now
there is a building project off of Hwyl01 using the same name. The committee
narrowed the field to 1.) Revamp-Recreate-Renew- (tagline) Libraries for Life
and 2) Our Library- Our Future. Other items discussed were:
• Donor Recognition _
0 Legacy Fund
• Campaign Support Materials
0 Potential Donors
• Next meeting-January 22nd at 5:30PM
B. Trustee Project - Living History- Sandy Towle
Trustee Towle reported that the total cost for the first program featuring
Edward Anders was $600 for the filming and-editing. President Corcoran
requested that the Board come to the next meeting with suggestions for future
candidates.. Considerations for a candidate would be their connection to
Burlingame and how their personal story is a part of Burlingame's history.
�-- C. Trustee Project - Newcomer's Report - Lisa Rosenthal
The Trustees reviewed the final draft and asked that an inside picture of Easton
be included. The letter will be included in the January 2013 Newcomer's
packet.
D. Millennium Project - Pat Harding
The Trustees reviewed the preliminary designs and design renderings that were
included in the board packet.
1. Work on construction will begin in March.
2. Pat has met with the book selling committee to discuss shelving
needs.
3. Pat met with mechanical consultants to discuss upgrades to HVAC,
lighting and security system.
4. Budget has to be $ 3.5 million.
5. Cost of Cafe is $8,000. Trustee Towle felt,that the design for the Cafe
was too industrial and needed to be changed to portray a more
friendly and welcoming ambiance. He also suggested softer lighting.
E. Employee Achievement Awards
Trustees Griffith and McCormack will review the nominations for the employee
achievement awards and select the most qualified candidates based on input
from their peers.
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VII. New Business
A. Patron Disciplinary Procedure -This item was moved to the first item on
the agenda.
B. Trustee Approval to Close Christmas and New Year's Ewe
The Trustees formally approved the request of the City Librarian to close on
Christmas and New Year's Eve. M/S/C (Rosenthal/McCormack)
C. Library Holiday Schedule December 13, 2012 to January 1, 2014
The Trustees approved the official holiday schedule for the above mentioned
time frame. M/S/C (Corcoran/Towle)
VIII. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 7:00pm. (M/S/C Griffith/Towle) The next official
meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will be held January 15, 2012 at ,
5:30pm. There will be a special meeting of the Library Board of Trustees to
conduct a formal hearing on the suspension of library privileges for Brian
O'Meara and Rosalyn Aitken on December 12, 2012.
ully Submitted,
Patricia Harding
City Librarian
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