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Home My WebLink AboutLibrary Board Minutes 05.11.2021i MINUTES CITY OF LAUREL III I Library Board I 05/11/2021 06:48 PM Laurel Public Library COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: X Katie Fjelstad X X Bill Hanson, Vice -Chairman X Nancy Schmidt, Secretary Clair Killebrew — Foundation Liaison OTHERS PRESENT: 1. Public Input Citizens may address the committee regarding c duration for an individual speaking under Public comments are welcome, the committee will not Welcome to our new Board member Katie I a member of the Laurel Public Library Boar( 2. General Items a. The minutes for March and April 2021 Library Board members. Bill motioned the motion. Minutes were approved. b. The library received two items of corn r Vogele, Board Chair — via Zoom mantha Barnhart item of city business not on the agenda. The mment is limited to three minutes. While all :e action on any item not on the agenda. stad. We are pleased that she wants to be FTrustees. e presented for approval by the minutes be approved, Katie seconded a $50 donation from Ray Wells and $30.00 memorial in memory of Joe Davis (Madelon Davis's husband). C. Circulation Report - Traffic: down 52.32%; circulation: all items circulated totaled 3,579 (including 486 eBooks), book circulation was down 0.5%, media circulation was down 33.3%, eBook checkouts for this month was 14.6% of total book circulation, we circulated 870 items to partners and 172 items from other libraries; computers: internet use was down 8.4%, children's use was down 80%, wi-fi use: down 16.4%; patron cards: city registrations made up 58.3% of library users, county patrons 38.5% and non-resident registered patrons 3.2%. There were 57 tech assists in April. New Business a. It is budget time again. Mayor Nelson is supposed to provide department heads with information in the next week so we can prepare our budgets. He did state that he would like our budgets to remain steady if possible. Katie asked that she be emailed a copy of the budget for FY 20/21. It will be sent out this week. 1 C. e. The Memorandum of Understanding (M City Mayor, and library has been signed on the Mayor and Union President to si@ moving ahead with any changes require The Summer Food Program is scheduled at 11:00 am. The program will be run lik meals available Monday, Wednesday, ar holidays. Each day students will be giver the information on our website and Fac( Bill Hanson has stated that he would like someone else that may be interested in currently two library patrons that have s vacant seats: Kate Morton and Gail Norr the Mayor and Council for consideration The Laurel High School will be sending s( Summer Reading Program. Laurel Book I summer reading duties. Story time and i Wednesday and run about an hour. This grab their lunches before heading home )U) between AFSCME Local #316, the y Board Chair Vogele. We are waiting i the agreement before planning on by the Union agreement. to start up Wednesday, June 2nd, 2020 last year, out of the parking lot with d Friday of each week except for two meals for multiple days. Look for book page. to pass his seat on the Board along to erving for a term or two. There are ibmitted letters of interest in any ian. Their letters will be passed along to and appointment. me of their students to help with the uzz, FWP, and library staff will share ctivities will start at 10:30 am on s an optimal time for students to then For the afternoon. 4. Old Business a. Library staff have talked about updating the mask policy to be a "recommend" status for patrons rather than a required'statement. Staff members are starting to feel uncomfortable with statements made by patrons about the current policy. All but one staff member is fully v accinated and don't feel that getting the virus at this time is an issue. Extending the open to time 7:30 pm was also talked about but it was decided that this woul4e left up to the discretion of the library staff and director. b. There were a number of activities that of months. The Laurel Women in Busine Storytime on March 311t. There were 64 The hotspot PSAs are now available for stations soon. Nancy attended a couple during April along with a membership m Plan of Service is ready for signatures. Es more than last year due to the ineligibili c. The final numbers for the book sale was ppened at the library in the last couple presented the Easter play and ttendees: 36 children and 28 adults. ewins and will be run on the local ys of the MLA workshops online !ting. The South Central Federation i library will be getting about $200 of one library member. 4,074.00. This will be deposited in the Foundation account to use for new books and supplies for the library. 2 5. Other Items a. Upcoming Items: Sick leave & holidays: Geralyn is using a her husband and brother to with her vision. Her eye doctor doesn't corrected enough for her to see compu afternoons with headaches because of extended sick time to take her husband Once his doctor okays him for driving, s The library will be open on each Satur& July holidays. It will be closed on those 6. Announcements a. Next regular meeting is Tuesday, June Room of the Laurel Public Library. Mee the 2nd Tuesday of each month but will Katie motioned the meeting be adjou meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted, Nancy L Schmidt Secretary for the Board NOTE: This meeting is open to the public. This listed agenda items. 3 ;nificant amount of sick leave to take ;. She is also experiencing difficulties am to be able to get her prescription s up close. She has gone home many s. Nancy has also had to take some doctor appointments for his heart. won't need to take as much time off. before the Memorial Day and 41h of Mondays. 2021 at 6:30 pm in the Community igs from this date forward will stay on :art at 6:30 pm. at 7:31 pm. Bill seconded the motion, is for information and discussion of