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McCall Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting
Tues. October 20, 2015
Conference Room, 1:00 PM
Cali to order: 1pm
Attendance: Lynn Lewinski, Sean Gould, Bob Giles, Lola Elliot, Ed Hershberger, Meg Lojek, and Jacki Rubin.
Amendments to Agenda: None.
Approval of Minutes: Approved as presented with the addition to the sentence clarifying membership privileges.
Review of Library Expansion Committee Minutes: The Committee met for the first time and introduced themselves,
decided on meetings to be the 1st and 3`d Wednesdays, at 11am, at the Library, starting in November 2015. A meeting on
October 28, 2015 will be held to determine officers. The minutes will become a part of the Board information packet so
that we can stay abreast of the information and discussions. A hard copy will be in Meg's office, along with collected
facility information.
Director's Report:
Warrant Register: Approved by Jacki on 10-14-15 as presented.
Budget and Stats: Meg was able to obtain books at the last of the fiscal year to use the last of the budget funds.
Staff: The new hire is Jessica Workman, to fill the Clerk I position, and seems to be settling in nicely so far.
Casey has scanned and sent off family records for the Digital project. The new web -site is up and running
well. Diane led a successful new membership card drive, and Lida is working with a Spanish course. Becky is very happy
with all the support and settled staff positions. It has been quite a shift over the last months.
Old Business:
Library Facility Committee: Discussion to clarify voting members of the Expansion Committee, which will be
added to the Charter. Non -voting participants are City staff, the Library Director, Library Board trustees and general
public.
Strategic Plan: Lynn motions, with Ed 2"d, that with some editing of potential patrons, off -site services, and
general grammar corrections, condensed wording will allow us to approve Goal 3 as then edited. No. 4 will be opened
for review at our next meeting.
Unexpended donations: Past minutes reflect that Memorial funds may be used for the facility. Sean motions,
with Ed 2nd, that unless otherwise requested, any and or all donations may be used for the expansion of the Library
Facility, using the carry forward process at the end of the fiscal year.
New Business:
Request for re -appointment to Library Board: Lynn motions, with Lola 2"d, that Ed Hershberger be re -appointed
to the Library Board for an additional term. All vote aye, he is, after all, our very special State Library Trustee of the Year!
Fee adjustments: Meg is happy with our plans to adjust fees and expand options for patrons. Sean motions,
with Ed 2"d, that per staff approval, movie fines be adjusted to 1.00 and .20(cents) per day for books and all other items.
as seen fit by the Director and staff. A public hearing with City Council will be held in December for this and for the new
library card options.
Trustees group photo taken out front.
Friends Liaison report: Lola will acquire a Friend to be on the Library Expansion Committee. Book storage is being
moved from the firehouse to the museum site. Lola is helping create a brochure about the Friends.
City Council Liaison report: No news at this time.
Future Goals: We are happy with all that is happening and will continue with our facility expansion plans and expand
our communications with the new Committee.
Next Meetings:
• November 17th, 2:00 PM, Idaho Room
• December 15, 1:00, Conference Room
• January 19th, 2:00, Conference Room
Adjournment: 2:45 pm
Prepared by Lynn Lewirski
Respectfully submitted by the Library Board Chair Jacki Rubin
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