HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 12.13.2022MINUTES
CITY OF LAUREL
Library Board
12/13/2022
Laurel Public Librai
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
X Katie Fjelstad
X Kate Manley - online
X Nancy Schmidt, Secretary
X Clair Killebrew — Foundation Liaison - online
OTHERS PRESENT: None
06:00 PM
X Ahur Vogele, Board Chair
X Lel Schlitz
Valcant
1. Public Input -
Citizens may address the committee regarding any item of c
individual speaking under Public Comment is limited to thre
committee will not take action on any item not on the agen
a. Addressing the Board - None
2. General Items
a. Kate motioned that the minutes for October 202:
adopted as.presented. Lela seconded the motion
b. The library received a $50 donation from Ray We
morning book club, and a $500 bequest from the
c. Circulation Report - Traffic: up 6.4%; circulation: s
eBooksj, book circulation was up 7.3%, media circ
this month was 13.7% of total book circulation, w
items from other libraries; computers: internet u:
61.9%, wi-fi use up 96.9%; patron cards: city patr
28.4% and out of county users make up 10.7%. TI
3.
'ty business not on the agenda. The duration for an
minutes. While all comments are welcome, the
and November 2022 board meetings be
passed.
s, $250 from Virginia Gomer, $40 from the
astate of Todd Yeager.
II items circulated totaled 4,033 (including 507
ulation was down 7.3%, eBook checkouts for
circulated 1,079 items to partners and 188
was up 17%, children's use was down
ns make up 60.9% of registered users, county
ere were 45 tech assists in November.
New Business
a. Evaluations have been completed for all library staff.
The Board Chair should probably sign off
on each evaluation so he has an idea how staff members
are doing on the job. These will be
turned in to the mayor's office for his approval then
put into their personnel files.
b. By the next Board meeting in January, we should
iave new shelves installed in the children's
area. The mayor had authorized purchase of a shelf
unit to replace those that are falling apart
and have become a danger to our young patrons.
MCE has called with the information that we
need to make some adjustments to the currents
elf design because they are too large to get
through the doors. Once the adjustments have been
made and a driver is available, we will
have new shelves installe&
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4. Old Business
a. Nancy sent copies of the library policies home wi h the board members for review. It was
suggested that we review and update the Collection Management Policy in January. The rest of
the policies will be reviewed and updated at later subsequent board meetings. The
recommendation of the State Library is to updatpolicies every 3-5 years. By-laws were the
latest policy to be updated and that was in 2020 hen Dixie was still on the board.
b. We are planning to go to the City Council with the
the resolution heard, and passed, to be put on th
Council by the end of January. This will involve mi
verbiage and a definitive timeline. Once we have
request to the Council.
c. The final numbers for out fall book sale was $2,7:
account to be used for purchasing more books, el
need to purchase. Currently, the fax service and F
account monthly.
5. Other Items
a. Upcoming Items:
With the holidays falling on the weekend 1
on each of the Saturdays before Christma!
library should be closed for the whole weE
! mill levy request in January. If we want to get
e June election we need to have this to the
,eting with the city attorney to work on
:he details worked out, we can take the
.93. This will be put into the Foundation
Suggestions are welcomed for what we
me membership are being paid out of this
his year, I am planning for staff to close early
and New Year's. Arthur stated that the
rather than have the staff work a part
day just to have a couple days off. "If ther� is no great demand to be open, we should
have it closed all weekend." All board me bers are in complete agreement. Staff are
willing to take a couple extra days off to e0joy the holidays.
6. Announcements
a. The next regular meeting is January 10, 2023 at 6;
Motion to adjourn made by Kate, seconded by Le
Respectfully submitted,
IM"
Nancy L Schmidt
Library Director
Secretary for the Board
NOTE: This meeting is open to the public. This meeting is for i
items.
2
00 pm in the library community room.
a. Meeting adjourned at 7:00 pm.
mation and discussion of listed agenda