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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
AUGUST 9, 1988 - 7:00 P.M.
BOARD MEMBERS: Christine Kneeland, Chairperson
Polly Walters, Vice -chairperson
Catherine Fine
Greg Auble
Kate Erslev
Virginia Ward
Dan Smith
PRESENT: LIBRARY BOARD -- Christine Kneeland, Polly Walters, Greg Auble,
Virginia Ward; COUNCIL LIAISON -- Gerry Horak; LIBRARY STAFF --
Jane Davis, Robert Holzfaster.
The meeting was called to order by the Chairperson, Christine Kneeland.
The minutes of the July meeting were approved as distributed. Jane Davis
reported she had received a letter from Dan Smith requesting a leave of
absence from the Board through the end of the year. Dr. Smith is currently
on sabbatical at Texas A and M University. Ms. Kneeland asked that the
request be added to the agenda under New Business.
The statistical report for July was distributed. The registered borrowers
number still has not been corrected. Jane Davis will have the computer
center run the numbers again before the next meeting.
Jane Davis reported that funds to complete the public access catalog were
to be added to the 1989 budget. She also reported that the pool of
candidates for the adult services position was not satisfactory and the job
is being readvertised. She reported that she had been notified by the
Trust Department at United Bank that the Fort Collins Library would receive
about $50,000 from the estate of Minnie Bretone. She also announced that
the library staff had been notified that they would receive an additional
grant of $11,470 in Library Services and Construction Act funds for the
adult literacy program and $14,185 for a cooperative project with four
other area libraries to purchase unabridged books on audio tape.
The group developed a timeline for completion of the library study. A
draft will be mailed to each person on August 15. It needs to be returned
by August 18. Corrections and additions will be made and a second draft
distributed by August 29. The group will meet August 31 at 7:00 p.m. for
final input and corrections. Virginia Ward and Miriam Flood at
Hewlett-Packard are putting these drafts together. Christine Kneeland will
talk to Gerry Horak about distribution of the final report. The Board will
need to determine how many copies should be printed. Boardmembers are also
getting some letters of support for the library from community businesses.
The Board voted to table discussion of the Friends of the Library Endowment
until the September meeting.
Christine Kneeland reported that although the Library and Cultural
Facilities Subcommittee of Choices 95 had recommended a south branch
library the Executive Committee did not accept the recommendation and is
considering recommending making the Lincoln Center a senior center and
building a new 2500 seat theater in the Poudre River area. Ms. Kneeland
said that Barbara Rutstein, also a member of that subcommittee, had
contacted her about continuing to work for the branch library concept with
the City Council.
Under New Business, the group discussed Dan Smith's request for a leave of
absence through December. Gerry Horak expressed some concern about any
member of a City Board or Commission missing that many consecutive
meetings. Boardmembers explained that they felt Mr. Smith was a very
valuable member of the Board and they wanted to make it possible for him to
continue to be an alternate member. Greg Auble moved to grant Dan Smith a
leave through December 1988. Polly Walters seconded the motion. The
motion carried.
The meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane B. Davis
Secretary Pro-tem