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PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
MINUTES -- REGULAR MEETING
APRIL 7, 1982 -- 7:00 p.m.
BOARD MEMBERS: Don Morgan, Chairman
Lloyd Spawn, Vice-chairman
Sarah Bennett
Jerry Johnson
Christine Kneeland
Linda Carbajal
Tom Sigl
PRESENT: LIBRARY BOARD -- Don Morgan, Lloyd Spawn, Christine Kneeland;
LIBRARY STAFF -- Larry Webber, Robert Holzfaster, Jane Davis,
Dave Bagge; PUBLIC -- Eldon Decker.
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Don Morgan. The minutes of
the previous meeting were approved as distributed.
Larry Webber, Library Director, reminded board members that the annual tea
for library volunteers would be held at 2:00 p.m., April 21. In 1981, 63
volunteers worked 3,258 hours for the library. Jane Davis, Assistant Director,
reported that the "Library Users Survey" form was out on both floors of the
building to be filled out by patrons. It will be available for a three-week
period. A volunteer, Susan Wilmer, will tabulate the results.
Larry Webber distributed a "Library Fact Sheet" to board members. This sheet,
prepared and printed in cooperation with the Friends of the Library, gives
statistical information on the library budget in relation to the increase in
li-brary usage. It will be mailed to all members of the Friends of the Library
on April 8. They are being urged to take the information to the Town Meetings
being held by City Council.
Mr. Webber reminded board members of a Colorado Library Association workshop
being held for Library Trustees in Vail, Colorado, May 14 and 15.
Jane Davis distributed the statistical report for March, 1982. March was the
biggest month in circulation and user traffic this library has ever had.
Under Old Business, Mr. Morgan suggested that he poll board members between
now and the May meeting on the viability of changing the regular meeting date
to the second Tuesday of the month. The May meeting will, however, be held
on Wednesday, May 5, at 7:00 p.m.
Larry Webber explained the 1982 budget situation to the group. The library
staff has not bcen asked to cut back the budget drastically though some cuts
of line item amounts and utilities savings amounting to a total of $3478 have
been identified. He also reported that only a 5% tax growth is being projected
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for 1983 which may mean only a 1.4% budget increase over adjusted 1982
budget.
Don Morgan reported that he and Larry Webber had met with Emily Wilmarth,
new President of the Friends of the Library, on March 30. He said that she
has pledged the cooperation of the Friends group, now numbering 345 members,
to be both a voice for support of the library in the community and to be a
pool of volunteers to work in the library. Mr. Morgan feels that the Library
Board should identify with the group and keep them closely informed of library
needs and activities.
Under New Business, Jane Davis reported that the Employee Development Depart-
ment of the City is preparing a proposal which would provide some selected
fringe benefits for part-time employees in the library.
Mr. Eldon Decker, who will be regularly attending Library Board meetings as
a representative of the handicapped community, spoke of the need to again
extend library hours on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. He suggested the
use of skeleton staff or even volunteers to do this.
The meeting was adjourned.
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