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Special Meeting of McCall Public Library Board of Trustees
May 21, 2018
Library 218 E Park St, 9:00 AM
Call to order: 9:05 AM
Attendance: Jacki Rubin, Lola Elliot, John Milliner, Ed Hershberger, Meg Lojek, Bill Thomas, Beth Markley
and Amy Rush.
Amendments to Agenda: None.
New Business:
Discussion with visiting consultants regarding capital campaign for library expansion project:
Library Trustees recognize need for a revised timeline for the library expansion project. All present
worked through, in a discussion format, preparation of a proposed draft timeline in advance of City
Council's next scheduled Work Session on June 25, 2018. Discussion included the idea of balancing the
City's commitments with the private fundraising efforts; the best -case scenarios of fundraising from the
consultants' point of view; "flipping" the incentive strategy; and other community considerations.
Ed motioned, with John 2nd, to ask Meg to prepare a timeline that reflects the Board's goal of starting
construction during the spring building season of 2020. The preparation work with engineering will take
place in the middle/late part of 2019, and fundraising consultants anticipate 65% (approx. $2 million) in
funds and commitments to be ready by the building season of 2020. To that end, the Board respectfully
suggests to City Council the consideration of appropriate avenues to reach the 2020 goal, for example a
bond. After some further discussion, all voted aye. No opposed.
Meeting was adjourned at 10:30 AM.
Minutes pr -ar by: Meg Lojek
Respectfully submitted by:
,�. Jacki Rubin, Chair