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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board - Minutes - 06/14/1983M 0 CITY OF FORT C 0 L L I N S PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES -- REGULAR MEETING JUNE 14, 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, Sarah Bennett, Jerry Johnson, Tom Sigl, Christine Kneeland, Polly Walters; LIBRARY STAFF -- Jane Davis, Robert Holzfaster; GUEST -- Debbie Ray, Larimer County Library Services Board. The meeting was called to order by the President, Lloyd Spawn. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as distributed. There was no correspon- dence. Jane Davis, Library Director, distributed the library statistical report for May, 1983. Total circulation remains slightly down from 1982. Jerry Johnson distributed copies of the draft recommendation of the Larimer County Ad Hoc Committee on Library Funding. Debbie Ray distributed copies of a letter from the Larimer County Library Services Board to the members of the Ad Hoc Com- mittee making several recommendations on and additions to the draft. Board mem- bers discussed the draft and asked that Mr. Johnson recommend to the Ad Hoc Com- mittee that the final recommendations be more specific as to amount to be raised through the mill equivalency, that it go for library services only and that some formula for division of the funds be recommended. The Ad Hoc Committee will meet again on June 21. Jane Davis distributed copies of the draft 1984 library budget as submitted to the City Budget Officer. She announced that the summer programming for children was off to a very good start. Four hundred and twenty-five children were registered the first day. Mrs. Davis also announced that the Library, through the Friends of the Library, had received a gift of $5,000 from the Gannett Foundation for pur- chase of a new microfilm reader -printer. Library Board members suggested that Mrs. Davis and John Power might also want to contact the Weyerhaeuser Foundation and the 3m Company for gifts to the library. Under Old Business, the members considered a draft of their Role and Mission State- ment prepared by Mr. Spawn. The draft was adopted. Jane Davis was asked to get a copy to Verna Lewis, Assistant City Manager, for possible inclusion in the new -2- City Boards and Commissions Manual. Jane Davis reported that changing the route of the trolley into the Library Park area was a dead issue. She reported that the town of Timnath is now being provided library service through the Larimer County Bookmobile. If the fee for non -City residents is maintained next year, the Timnath Town Board would like to explore the option of buying library service for Timnath residents as a group. Jane Davis reported that Tom Sigl has graciously taken time to come to the library and show several staff members what to look for in examining the binding of new books for flaws. Mrs. Davis is also making arrangements to get a resolution be- fore the membership of the Colorado Library Association at the Fall meeting con- demning publishers for shoddy binding practices. Under New Business, Jane Davis announced that Lloyd Spawn and Don Morgan had been reappointed as members of the Library Board. Tom Sigl has been reappointed as an alternate member. Polly Walters is a new appointee as an alternate member. Jane Davis reported that beginning the week after Labor Day the library would again be open four nights a week. She asked the members to consider the feasi- bility of being open four nights a week during the school year and only two nights a week during the summer months. She also reported that the Larimer County Library Services Board had hired a library consultant, Margaret Mason. The meeting was adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Jane B. Davis Secretary Pro-tem