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C I T Y O F F 0 R T C 0 L L I N S
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
MINUTES -- REGULAR MEETING
JULY 19, 1977 -- 7:30 p.m.
BOARD MEMBERS: Sarah Bennett, President
Frank Johnson, Jr., Secretary
Joan Deines
Robert Burns
Carolyn Haase
PRESENT: BOARD -- Sarah Bennett, Robert Burns, Joan Deines, Carolyn Haase,
Frank Johnson, Jr.; LIBRARY -- Larry Webber, Jane Davis, Robert
Holzfaster.
The meeting was called to order by the president, Sarah Bennett. She wel-
comed Carolyn Haase to the board. The minutes of the previous meeting were
approved as distributed.
Larry Webber, Library Director, reported to the board on the results of the
map project. 16,250 people used the library during a 17 day period. This
is 956 people per day, 82 per hour. Of the 3,455 pins placed in the map,
917 or 26.5% were outside the city limits.
Joan Deines moved that the revised by-laws be adopted. Frank Johnson, Jr.,
seconded the motion. The motion carried. Copies of the by-laws will be
distributed to the board.
Sarah Bennett reported on discussions she had had with members of the Cultural
Resources Board concerning their gift policy.
The art piece recommended for installation in the Ben Delatour Room was ex-
amined and discussed. The $500.00 ceramic piece by Jim Foster, local artist,
was unanimously approved by the library art advisory committee made up of
Jack Curfman, June Bennett, Peter Jacobs, Naida Seibel, and Sylvia Maxey.
Jane Davis announced that Laura Thomsen, newly hired children's librarian,
would begin work August 1.
Larry Webber reported that a budget request of $567,094 for fiscal 1978 was
being submitted to the city budget committee. This is a 28% increase over
the library's 1977 budget. Included in this budget request is $51,000 for
a computer -based circulation system.
Carolyn Haase requested that Library Board minutes be filed in the reference
area of the library in order that they would be readily available for the
public. Sarah Bennett instructed the secretary pro-tem to do this.
The next regular meeting will be September 7, 7:30 p.m., library Conference Room.
The meeting was then adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Davis, Secretary Pro-tem
Amended/Corrected 9/7/77