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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 A roved: �'"(r i� i./bi t. pp (Signatu (Date)