HomeMy Public PortalAboutLBT Minutes 2005 08/18McCall Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting
18 August 2005
Library Conference Room
I. Call to Order: 4:13 pm
II. Attendance: Lynn Lewinski, Diane DeChambeau, Robyn Armstrong,
Susie Reddick, Anne P.t n4-1,1c
III. Minutes: The minutes were amended to add "Parks and Recreation"
to the list of facilities to be included in a City "campus" and
approved.
IV. Staff Report: Meg's daughter had surgery in Boise earlier this
week; she will be off for a while. Other employees have vacations
scheduled at various times from now until the end of September.
Anne may need to call on Board members to answer phones, etc. if
she gets in a bind.
V. Friends Report: The Friends met on Tuesday. A new program is
underway; the "Restackers" will be trying out a new approach to
organizing donated books. In addition, the golf course will be the
site of this year's Festival of Trees, providing food and drink for
sale to visitors. Anne wonders if the Festival should schedule one
afternoon without alcohol, perhaps the afternoon that story hour
will be held for children. Also, the Friends will consider holding
just one book sale per year, to be held during Winter Carnival in
the library's conference room.
VI. Budget and Stats: Next year's budget looks to be about the same
as this year's. The City decided not to ask the library help support
a new Code Enforcer. Our budget is stable for this year; all money
will be spent by September 15th. Data sheets will be forwarded to
Ed Hershberger.
VII. Old Business:
Policy Manual Review: Although some formatting and punctuation
issues need to be addressed, the manual looks good and ready to
use.
Trust Review: Anne sought advice from our new city attorney
about what will happen to the library's existing trust money if we
become a district library. The attorney said that, ethically, the
City should allow any trust funds of the McCall Public Library to
stay with the new library system.
Districting Report: The County Commissioners were reluctant to
put Districting on the ballot, evidently due to concerns related to
other recent county tax increases. The Commissioners also made a
request to redraw the district boundaries to exclude High Valley
due to winter access and other problems. These issues will be
decided at an upcoming meeting in Cascade on August 22nd at 3:30
pm. In the meantime, the campaign has kicked off with "Library
Matters" bags, bracelets, and bookmarks. Christie will visit Yellow
Pine this Saturday.
VIII. New Business
Facilities Study Meeting: Between September 6th and 9th, a group
hired to conduct a study of City facilities will be in town. Anne will
try to schedule our meeting with them on the afternoon of
September 7th which will double as our September meeting.
Other Meeting: On August 24th at 1:00 pm in McCall, Anne will
attend a "Resetting the Tax Structure" meeting sponsored by the
State Tax Commission. She will speak on behalf of libraries.
Star News Ad: Anne will forward information about the
September ad to Susie by next week.
IX. Adjournment: 5:45 pm
Next meeting: 7 September 2005, time to be announced.
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