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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board - Minutes - 08/09/1983CITY OF FORT C 0 L L I N S PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES -- REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 9, 1983 -- 7:00 p.m. BOARD MEMBERS: Lloyd Spawn, President Christine Kneeland, Vice-president Jerry Johnson Don Morgan Sarah Bennett Tom Sigl Polly Walters PRESENT: LIBRARY BOARD -- Lloyd Spawn, Christine Kneeland, Sarah Bennett, Jerry Johnson, Don Morgan, Tom Sigl, Polly Walters; LIBRARY STAFF -- Jane Davis, Robert Holzfaster; CITY COUNCIL -- Barbara Rutstein. The meeting was called to order by the Library Board President, Lloyd Spawn. The minutes of the regular July meeting were approved as distributed. There was no correspondence. Jane Davis, Library Director, distributed the monthly statistical report for July 1983 and reported that circulation is slightly down from 1982 but that circulation of children's books is up over last year. She reported that the Fort Collins City Council had asked that the library staff's first ranked supplemental request for the 1984 budget be built into the base library budget. That will increase the book budget to $125,000 in 1984. She also reported that the City Councilmembers had instructed the Budget Officer not to include revenues from the out -of -city user fee in the proposed 1984 budget. Jane Davis reported that Margaret Mason, the Larimer County Library Services Board consultant, had completed her report and would meet with that group on August 10 to go over her recommendations. She is recommending that the Larimer County Bookmobile service be terminated at the end of 1984, that municipal libraries be reimbursed for county patrons they serve and that a part-time County Library Coordinator be hired under the Larimer County Human Services Department. Mrs. Davis also reported that the special summer programming for children would end August 19 and that a full report would be given to board members at the September meeting. She also announced that the Media Area was now checking out cameras for public use. These cameras have been made available to public libraries at no charge by the Polaroid Corporation. -2- Under Old Business the two books for which reconsideration requests had been received were given to Christine Kneeland and Polly Walters to read. They will then meet with Ellen Willis, the Children's Librarian, and make a re- commendation to the full Library Board at the regular board meeting in September. Jane Davis reported to the board members that she has written a resolution condemning shoddy binding by publishers to be presented to the Technical Services Division of the Colorado Library Association and, through them, to the full membership of that organization at the 1983 meeting in Colorado Springs in October. Under New Business the board members discussed productivity measurements for the library staff in relation to a City Council request that all City Depart- ments come up with meaningful measurements of what they do that can be com- pared to other public libraries in the area. Barbara Rutstein, City Councilmember, reported the Public Library, as a city service, had been changed from a Quality of Life Service - activities which are provided for more specialized groups and enhance the desirability of Fort Collins as a place to live - to a Maintenance of Effort Service - ser- vices which the City has traditionally provided or which reflect a major capital investment requiring an expenditure of funds to maintain. Sarah Bennett suggested, and the other members concurred, that Jane Davis write to Parks and Recreation Department about the condition of the plantings around the library building. The meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Jane B. Davis, Secretary Pro-tem