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CITY OF FORT C 0 L L I N S
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
MINUTES -- REGULAR MEETING
FEBRUARY 8, 1983 -- 7:00 p.m.
BOARD MEMBERS: Lloyd Spawn, President
Christine Kneeland, Vice-president
Jerry Johnson
Don Morgan
Linda Carbajal
Sarah Bennett
Tom Sigl
PRESENT: LIBRARY BOARD -- Lloyd Spawn, Christine Kneeland, Jerry Johnson,
Tom Sigl; LIBRARY STAFF -- Jane Davis, Robert Holzfaster.
The meeting was called to order by the President, Lloyd Spawn. The minutes of
the previous meeting were approved as distributed.
Lloyd Spawn, Board President, reported that he had written a letter from the
Board to Ms. Page Smith, recently resigned Reference Librarian, thanking her for
her years of service to the Fort Collins Public Library. There was no other
correspondence.
Jane Davis, Library Director, reported that the Reference Librarian position was
being advertised and would be filled soon after March 1. She also reported that
Larimer County residents had paid $4538 in library borrower's fees in January
1983. The January statistics were distributed. They show an increase in traffic
and material circulation over January 1982. Ms. Davis also reported that the
Larimer County Commissioners were in the process of appointing an ad hoc committee
to look at library funding in Larimer County. The Mayor of Fort Collins has been
asked to appoint a representative to that committee. The board members asked
that the name of Jerry Johnson, a Library,Board member for several years and a
city resident, be suggested to the Mayor as his appointee.
Under Old Business, the Board again discussed the role and goals of the Library
Board. Members felt that a role of the Board is to maintain the quality of the
library and, also, to receive input on the library from citizens and from staff
and to coordinate this information and communicate it to the City Council. A
further goal of the Board for 1983 might be to again do a library users survey
and also look at the materials needs of the library with the purpose of increasing
or augmenting -the book budget.
Jerry Johnson suggested that the Library Board adopt a role and mission statement
for 1983. Lloyd Spawn asked that the sections of the minutes recording the dis-
cussions of those topics be typed in draft form for the next meeting.
The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane B. Davis
Secretary Pro-tem