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Meeting Agenda - Final
Library Board of Trustees
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
5:30 PM Library Conference Room
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
Members of the public may speak about any item not on the agenda. Members of the public may
suggest an item for a future Library Board of Trustees' agenda during the public comment period. The
Ralph M. Brown Act (the State local agency open meeting law) prohibits Trustees from acting on any
matter that is not on the agenda.
4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. Approval of Library Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes for the November 21, 2023
Library Board of Trustees' Meeting
Attachments: Meeting Minutes
5. CORRESPONDENCE AND INFORMATION
a. Statistics for November 2023
Attachments: Children's, Teens, and Adult November 2023 Statistics
6. REPORTS
a. Presentation
b. City Librarian's Report
Attachments: Report
C. Foundation ReDort
7. OLD BUSINESS
a. Update on AMH
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C. Progressive Discipline Policy
d. Library Quote Plaques
e. January 2024 Staff Appreciation Luncheon
8. NEW BUSINESS
a. Staff Morale
9. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
10. ACTION ITEMS
a. City Librarian McCulley will meet with City Attorney Guina regarding the Progressive
Discipline Policy
11. ANNOUNCEMENTS
12. ADJOURNMENT
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made available for public inspection at the City of Burlingame's website: www.burlingame.org.
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Burlingame Library
Board of Trustee Minutes
December 19, 2023
I. Roll Call
Trustees: Kris Cannon, Danielle Garcia, Jill Goldsmith,
Mark Lucchesi, Elisabeth Ostrow
Staff Present: Brad McCulley, City Librarian
Absent: Sidney Poland, Recorder
II. Agenda Items Approved by Trustees
A. Approval of October Minutes
B. Approval of Holiday Schedule
III. Library Board of Trustee Minutes
The Trustees approved the October 17, 2023 Minutes.
M/S/C (Goldsmith/Ostrow)
IV. Correspondence and Information
Adult Services held 29 programs with an attendance of 149 and the
Children's Dept. held 76 programs with an attendance of 3,611.
V. Reports
A. Presentation by Kathy Von Mayrhauser — Children's Dept. Manager
• Kathy presented a summary to the Trustees that covered a
variety of programs provided to babies (Baby Story Times),
Kindergarten Library Card Drive, Student Success Initiative —
(provides library cards to incoming Freshman), Homework Center
(3 times a week, teen advisors help younger students with class
assignments) to mention just a few.
• Kathy emphasized how dedicated her 4 Librarians are in creating
and implementing their responsibilities, not only in the task of
programming but by working directly with children and parents
during their individual shifts at the children's public desk.
B. City Librarian's Report
The Trustees reviewed the City Librarian's report.
C. Foundation Report
Brad, The City Librarian, advised the Trustees that he has turned in
his financial request for next year but will not know the outcome
until next year.
VI. Old Business
A. AMH —Update
The City Librarian, Brad McCulley, will advise the Trustees when
new information is available.
B. Lane Room Upgrade
There is not any current information at this time.
VII. New Business
A. Library Holiday Schedule for 2024-2025
The Trustee approved the Library Holiday Schedule for 2024-2025.
M/S/C (Goldsmith/Garcia)
B. Progressive Discipline Policy
• The Trustees discussed the changes in the Progressive Discipline
Policy that the City Attorney, Michael Guina, required.
• The change that affects the Trustees directly is that they would
no longer be involved in the process of banning a patron. In the
future, Brad, the City Librarian, would initiate the process and
make the decision as to whether a patron should be banned.
• The Trustees had some other thoughts and questions regarding
the changes in the policy and therefore, Brad advised the
Trustees that he would meet with Michael Guina and express
their concerns.
C. Library Quote Plaques
The Trustee discussed the idea of placing plaques on the front of the
main building with various quotes. It will be an agenda item for the
December meeting.
VIII. Announcements
The Trustee briefly discussed the possibility of having an
appreciation luncheon for the staff in January. This idea will be
further discussed at the December Trustee meeting.
IX. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 6:50PM. The next meeting of the
Library Board of Trustees will be held December 19, 2023 in the
Library Conference Room.
Burlingame Public Library Programs
November 2023
Adult
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343
Programs
programs
patrons
2023-2024
July
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
total
Programs
21
30
35
29
31
Attendance
270
153
405
149
343
2022-2023 (Previous Year)
July
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
total
Programs
21
19
16
17
29
16
27
33
28
23
31
29
289
Attendance
216
133
217
211
277
78
116
184
100
336
219
132
2,219
Children's, Teen,
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1,845
and Easton Programs
programs
patrons
2023-2024
July
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
total
Programs
27
27
65
76
55
Attendance
2,101
3,324
2,029
3,611
1,845
2022-2023 (Previous Year)
July
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
total
Programs
33
17
46
71
49
25
40
54
51
67
128
82
663
Attendance
2,270
753
1,198
2,997
1,114
1,262
1,484
1,849
1,448
3,097
3,732
4,059
25,263
November Program Highlights
Veterans Day Panel
A panel of veterans, including City Council member Emily Beach and Library Foundation member
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Roger Krakow, shared their experiences with a crowd in the library's Reading Room.
patrons
It was a very unique, sincere, and enjoyable program.
Make a Needle -Felted Penguin with Pop Up Art School
We have had a series of Needle Felting programs where patrons pick a kit from the library,
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including felt and a needle, and they can watch an instructional video at a time that works
for them. The list fills up every time and we always have additional people on the waiting list.
patrons
This month, 106 people picked up a kit to make a winter penguin.
Loteria: Traditional Mexican Bingo
This was the library's first time playing Loteria, a traditional game similar to Bingo that is enjoyed
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by many people in Mexico. Instead of listening for the numbers you have on your card,
patrons
you listen for the cantor (the caller) to call out the images on your tabla (game card).
Virtual Author Visit with Matthew Cordell
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On November 13, we celebrated World Kindness Day with a special virtual author event featuring
Matthew Cordell, author of Hello, Neighbor!: The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers
patrons
City Librarian Report to Board of Trustees
19 December 2023
BURL i NGAMI
Personnel Updates:
o Today is the last workday for Jenny Miner, Teen Librarian. Jenny and her husband are moving
to Austin, Texas and she will begin work soon with Austin Public in a management position.
We will miss her and find it extremely difficult to replace her but we appreciate all the great
work she has done since starting here in 2016 as an hourly on -call librarian.
General Updates:
o Committees:
o Policies: Progressive Discipline Policy (see attached)
o Emailing changes
Facilities update:
o EMS hvac update final completion any day
o Reading Room lighting transfer to LED in process
PLS/PLP (Peninsula Library System / Pacific Library Partnership)
o PLS is looking at providing more free printing for patrons county -wide but most of the City -
run libraries are restrained by Master Fee Schedules. The Foundation is considering paying for
all free -prints up to 5 or 6 pages per day in the coming fiscal year.
o Upcoming Library EVENTS
o State Library News Desk
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