HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 2018.02.20Burlingame Library
Approved Board of Trustee Minutes
February 20, 2018
I. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Kerbey Altmann, Mike Nagler, Randi Murray, Lisa
Rosenthal, Andy Blanco (By Phone),
Staff Present: Brad McCulley, City Librarian
Sidney Poland, Administration Assistant/Recorder
II. Library Board of Trustees Minutes
The Trustee unanimously approved the minutes for the January 16, 2018
Board of Trustees meeting. M/S/C (Rosenthal/Nagler)
III. From the Floor (Public Comments
No one from the public attended.
IV. Statistics
The Trustees reviewed the Statistics from November and December 2017
and January 2018.
• It was noted that study rooms are in constant use. Patrons can now
schedule study room themselves through a program called LibCal
which can be found on the library website. This feature saves staff
time.
• Trustee Murray requested that a graph trailing 12 months of
circulation and study room usage be added to the monthly statistics.
V. Librarian's Report - Highlights
A. D-Tech HS Interns - The 6 D-Tech Interns put together a plan to
improve the way in which the lower level non-fiction collection is
presented to the public by making it easier to browse and search for
needed information.
• Library staff is planning to implement their ideas on new signage
which included labeling certain sections in the collection such as
"World War I" and "Cooking."
• The students devised a format to help patrons understand the Dewey
Decimal System which will be made available to patrons.
B. Lightning Concerns - Concerns have been raised from a few
residents that at night after hours it appears that the library lights are
still on. Actually, these are night lights for the purpose of emergency
egress. There is a computer program that automatically turns off any
lights that might have accidently been left on by staff or the janitors.
VI. Unfinished Business
A. Update on Speaker Series
VIP and general admission tickets sold out in approximately 15
minutes.
B. Update on Silicon Valley Foundation
Trustees Blanco, Altmann, Murray, Nagler and Brad McCulley, City
Librarian had a conference call with Bert Feuss, Senior Vice President
of Investments at the Silicon Valley Foundation, to discuss the year
end performance of the Roger and Jean Hunt Duncan Fund and the
Julia M. Farrell Memorial Fund. Trustee Murray felt that having
another conference call with Bert Feuss in February of 2019 is the
most efficient way to obtain specific information regarding our fund's
performance in the Endowment Pool.
C. Staff Development Day March 30th
• The all day event will be held at the Lion's Club on March 30tn.
• The Library will be closed all day. 57 staff member are attending.
• Joanne Bond, Certified Coach, will provide the staff with guidelines to
help staff interact with each through team building activities.
• Some of the end results of staff development day are to provide
opportunities for continued dialogue among staff, make staff feel
appreciated and create staff bonding.
VII. New Business
A. Budget Requests from City Librarian
Brad discussed the following topics with the Trustees and requested
that the Trustees approve funding for them.
• Payment for Staff Development Day in the amount of $10,100.
• Purchase of teak Table /Chairs for patron terrace in the
amount of $1,758.49. (This amount includes an end of year
40% discount.)
• Payment to PLS for the libraries portion of the grant from
Libraries Illuminated in the amount of $2,548. This grant is
made possible by the state of California to help public libraries
update their software and hardware facilities so patrons can
have easy access to high speed internet connections.
B. Trustee Approval of Budget Requests
The Trustees unanimously approved the 3 payments in the total
amount of $14,406.49 as presented by the City Librarian with a
request of the City of Burlingame that it share the cost of future Staff
Development Days. M/S/C (Altmann/Rosenthal)
C. Behavior Policy
1. The Trustees approved a motion to accept the revised Behavior
Policy as presented. M/S/C (Rosenthal/Nagler). The Behavior Policy
is visibly posted throughout the library.
2. Service Animals in the Library - Brad noted that legally staff can
only ask a patron if their pet is a service animal. If this is the case, the
animal is permitted in the library.
VIII. Action Items
A. Plaque for Jim Kaufman
The Trustees requested that the plaque for Jim Kaufman be placed
on the March agenda.
B. Program Planner Position
Trustee Murray suggested that sometime in the future the library
approach the idea of creating a new 20 hour position for the purpose
of managing and implementing programs.
IX Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 7:OOPM. M/S/C (Rosenthal/Nagler)
The next meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will be held on March 20,
2018 in the Library Conference Room at 5:30PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
/s/
Brad McCulley
City Librarian
City of Burlingame