HomeMy Public PortalAboutLBT Minutes 2004 11/17McCall Public Library Board of Trustees
Special Meeting: 17 November 2004
I. Call to Order: 11:15 am
II. Attendance: Robyn Armstrong, Anne Kantola, Ed Hershberger,
Susie Reddick
III. Minutes: Reviewed, approved, signed
IV. Staff Report: Our new employee, Heather Hunt, hails from Utah
with previous library experience. She's improving her computer
skills and works the desk as well as the stacks. Heather lives in
New Meadows. Becky will be gone for the holidays at Thanksgiving
and Christmas. The library will be open the day after Thanksgiving.
V Budget and Stats: Due to increased property values, the library's
budget has increased by about $10,000. Our book budget is
increasing! Anne plans to temporarily overspend in a couple of
areas, carry the deficit, and reimburse the account next year (this
is related to a memorial donation of two restored chairs and a new
lamp).
VI. Old Business:
a. Districting Report: Anne's trip north to the Kootenai/Shoshone
Community Libraries was valuable. Their system includes two
co -directors, each with delegated responsibilities. Although
this system works well for them, we will adopt a different
program; since returning, Anne and Janet have already created
a potential district budge of $800,000 with twenty full-time
employees and a nice book budget.
b. Policy Manual: We need to work on an emergency section for
evacuations, disaster drills, etc.
c. Automation: It's going slowly; mostly new books are being
entered into the computer these days. We're down to 99 titles
in fiction; these should be finished soon after Christmas.
d. Friends of the Library: Without Gay, we have no report this
month.
e. Lumberman's Paint Donation: We can't work on the painting
until spring because it's too cold. Robyn will submit a thank -you
letter to the Star -News.
f. Board Member Applicants: We will recommend to the city that
Lynn Lewinski fill Christy Gorsline's position (5 years, ending
October, 2009). We also voted to accept Gay Foster's
resignation (because she will be out of town for six month). We
voted to recommend Diane DeChambeau to complete Gays term
(expires October, 2006).
VII. New Business: We adopted a new policy - a maximum of two
bestsellers may be checked out at one time. Also, the front desk
will require proof of residency (i.e., driver's license with street
address, utility bill)
VIII. Adjournment: 11:42
NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY, 12/14, AT 4:00
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