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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - LB - 2022.06.21Roll Call Trustees Present: Absent: Staff Present: Burlingame Library Board of Trustees Approved June 21, 2022 Kris Cannon, Mark Lucchesi, Mike Nagler, Elisabeth Ostrow Danielle Garcia Brad McCulley, City Librarian Sidney Poland, Recorder II. Library Board of Trustees Minutes. The Trustees unanimously approved the minutes of the Mayl7, 2022 Trustee Meeting. M/S/C (Nagler/Ostrow) III. Mav Statistics • The Children's Librarians spent most of the month visiting Burlingame and Hillsborough schools to promote their Summer Learning Program. They visited 48 classrooms and presented the program to 1,145 students ranging from Kindergarten to 8tn grade. The Summer Learning program is open to all ages. • Adult Services held 5 programs with an attendance of 134. IV. Reports A. City Librarian's Report — Highlights • Personnel Update — The Tech. Services Manager position has not had many applicants. The City Librarian and the Human Resources Director are making the position a dual classification. The dual classification makes it possible for the candidate to have either a MLIS degree or have IT and/or management skills without possessing a MLIS degree. • Benny Bufano Owl — The Trustees paid for the appraisal of the Benny Bufano Owl. The Foundations requested to oversee the project of the owl as they would like to use it to help promote their fund raising goals. Changing their logo to an owl is being considered. The Foundation will fund the owl's base and Sara Simpson has found a qualified person to perform remediation. • Cooling Center — The Trustees reviewed the Cooling Center Plan that was approved by the City Council last year. • Lane Room Upgrade — The Lane Room AV Upgrade has been postponed due to supply issues that are preventing the original contractor from providing an estimate on installing a new system. • HVAC — The HAVC upgrade started today, June 215t and will be a work in progress until possibly September. The work begins at 6:OOam and ends for the day around 3:OOpm. Tech. Lab is being used to store equipment for the project and will not be open to the public. • Chandeliers — Brad, the City Librarian, has met with a lighting designer who recommended installing LED recessed lights around the perimeter of the stairwell rather than replacing the chandeliers. Artist, Barbara Burke, has created an art piece that would hang down the stairwell. How to install the art piece has not been determined at this time. B. Foundation Report Terri Neill is the new Foundation President. Cindy Montgomery will chair the October book sale. V. Old Business A. AMH Under normal circumstances The Technical Services Manager would oversee this project. Jason Yap will be the new acting Technical Services Manger replacing Andrea Shaw who took over the position on a temporary basis when Megan Wong left. B. Date for Next Meet and Greet with BPL staff Trustees Cannon and Ostrow have offered to work on the type of event and possible dates for the next staff and Trustee get together and will bring their ideas to the July Trustee meeting. C. Recognition for National Charity League Mural Painters The Trustees would like to acknowledge the artist and the girls who helped to paint the mural. It was suggested that Brad, the City Librarian, could send an e-mail to one of the mothers of the group who could possibly help with the names of the girls who participated in the mural painting. D. Poet Laureate The Trustees discussed the Poet Laureate program and affirmed their commitment to support it. • The Trustees committed to fund the initial fee of $2,500 and requested that this item be brough to a vote in the July meeting. • There is a yearly fee which is based on the partner's operating budget. • The Trustees expressed concern over the possibility that the Poet Laureate could be appointed. They want the selection to be made from a competition of all the applicants. • The City Librarian will inquire about the process that is used to select the Poet Laureate. • The suggestion was made that the Poet Laureate program could become a goal for the Foundation and Trustees to work on together. 2 VI. New Business A. Banned Books Discussion The Trustees discussed the subject of banned books and made the following suggestions that could be implemented by the Library and Foundation. • Foundation and Library should make a statement on their website against banning books. • Library should get on the band wagon by promoting awareness of what book banning actually means. One idea was to have a banner on one side of the front door or archway inside with a book banning quote. • Joint statement from Trustees and Foundation placed on round table so public can clearly see what both entities stand for. • Trustee Cannon noted that banning of books in this area is not such an issue. We need to look outward to other states and cities and help them become aware of book banning in their libraries and schools. This includes older school children as well. • The City Librarian noted that the Burlingame Public Library has never banned a book. • Banned Books will be on the July agenda. B. Rotation and Term Expiration The Trustees unanimously passed a motion that Kristine Cannon would become President of the Board of Trustees on July 19, 2022 and Mark Lucchesi would become Vice Chair of the Library Board of Trustees on July 19, 2022. Trustees Cannon and Lucchesi will serve until July of 2023. M/S/C/ Nagler/Ostrow. Trustees Garcia and Ostrow were reappointed by the City Council on to serve as members of the Library Board of Trustees for a term of 3 years beginning on July 19, 2022 and expiring in July of 2025. VII. Action Items • The City Librarian will reach out to his contact at the National Charity League Skyline Chapter regarding possible recognition for the girls who assisted the artist in painting the mural. • The City Librarian will meet with Jenny Miner to discuss how the Poet Laureate is selected. • The City Librarian will meet with Johnson Woo to discuss the ideas of the lighting designer with regard to not replacing the chandelier. • Trustees Cannon and Ostrow will report on their suggestion for the next meet and greet with staff. IX. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 7:OOPM in memory of Masoud Navab, M/S/Cannon/ Ostrow). The next Zoom meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will be held July 19, 2022 at 5:30pm Respectfully Submitted /s/ Brad McCulley City Librarian Burlingame Public Library