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CITY OF FORT COLLINS
PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
INIINUTES - LIBRARY BOARD RETREAT
Ben Delatour Room - Fort Collins Public Library
January 9, 1996 - 5:30 p.m.
PRESENT: LIBRARY BOARD: Al Stone, Al Bednarz, Karen Domseif, Anne Ostrye-Macdonald,
Jack Steele, Jacqueline Wallace, M. Madeleine Wawro
CITY STAFF: Linda Saferite, Marjorie Teklits
FACILITATOR: Nancy Knepel, Director, High Plains Regional Library Service
System
Following introductions, the Library Board reviewed their accomplishments from the 1995 Work Plan
and outlined which tasks will continue into the 1996 Work Plan.
Among accomplishments were the completion and analysis of a survey on library services to 2,000
randomly selected residents, the opening of the Mini Library, Board participation at School Board
meetings, letters to the newspaper editor, telephone call support, attendance at City Council meetings
in support of the branch library, the updating of a long range services plan entitled "Into the 21st
Century", an Annual Work Plan, the revitalization of the Library Fund Advisory Committee, support
of Library volunteers, strengthened ties with The Friends of the Library, representation on the Larimer
County/City Civic Center Board, participation in the City Dialogue Process, as well as Library staff
support and keeping current with developments at the Library.
1996 plans include the formation of a Community Relations Awareness task force to increase community
interaction with the Library and a Capital Improvement Program task force to educate the public on the
need for a new Main Library as well as to encourage inclusion of a new Main Library in the next round
of City Capital Improvement Projects.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Marjorie Teklits
Library Secretary