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PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
MINUTES -- REGULAR MEETING
DECEMBER 1, 1976 -- 7:30 p.m.
BOARD MEMBERS: Sarah Bennett, President
Wilson Wilmarth, Vice-president
Frank Johnson, Jr., Secretary
Robert Burns
Anne Manvel
Joan Deines
PRESENT: BOARD -- Sarah Bennett, Wilson Wilmarth, Frank Johnson Jr., Anne
Manvel, Joan Deines; LIBRARY STAFF -- Larry Webber, Jane Davis,
Robert Holzfaster; CITY STAFF -- Robert Brunton, City Manager;
HIGH PLAINS LIBRARY SYSTEM -- Ron Stump.
The meeting was called to order by the president, Sarah Bennett. The min-
utes of the November meeting were approved as corrected.
Sarah Bennett thanked Anne Manvel for her service to the board and welcomed
Joan Deines as the new member.
Ron Stump, Director of the High Plains Library System, went over the back-
ground and development of centralized purchasing and processing in the re-
gional library system and what the implications of becoming a processing
center might mean to the Fort Collins Public Library. After review of the
agreement proposing establishment of a processing center at the Fort Collins
Public Library, Wilson Wilmarth moved that the board recommend that the
agreement for establishing a pilot project for centralized purchasing and
processing with High Plains Library System be approved by the city subject
to the provisions of the contract and with project reports to be submitted
the third and sixth month of the program. Robert Burns seconded the motion.
It carried.
Ron Stump explained the 8mm film depository agreement proposed between the
Fort Collins Public Library and the High Plains Library System. Wilson
Wilmarth moved that the library board recommend that the city enter into
this agreement for a period of one year subject to provisions of the agree-
ment drafted by the city attorney and with monthly reports on staff time
used on the project to be submitted to the board. Robert Burns seconded
the motion. The motion passed.
Robert Brunton spoke to the board on the possibility of a proposed city
charter change which would change the status of the library board from
administrative to advisory to the library staff and to the council. He
asked that the board members meet with city council members December 14,
1976, at 1:30. The board felt this might not be possible. Mr. Brunton
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was asked to arrange for them to meet with the council at a later date.
The board tabled work on revision of the by - laws pending the outcome of a
possible charter ammendment affecting the board's responsibilities. They
commended Anne Manvel for her work on this project.
The board suggested that any Christmas music program in the library
lobby be held after December 18, at an early evening hour, and that the
library could not provide a piano.
The meeting was then adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Davis, Secretary Pro-tem