HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 10.28.2022MINUTES
CITY OF LAUREL
Library Board
10/28/2022
Laurel Public Lib
COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
X Katie Fjelstad Arthur Vog
X Kate Manley X Lela Schlitz
X Nancy Schmidt, Secretary Vacant
X Clair Killebrew — Foundation Liaison
OTHERS PRESENT: None
1. Public Input
Citizens may address the committee regarding any i
for an individual speaking under Public Comment is
welcome, the committee will not take action on any
a. Addressing the Board - None
09:00 PM
le, Board Chair
of city business not on the agenda. The duration
ted to three minutes. While all comments are
n not on the agenda.
2. General Items
a. Minutes for September 2022 were presented. Lela motioned to accept the minutes as
corrected, Kate seconded the motion. Motior
b. The library received a $50 donation from Ray
Fidelity to the Foundation, and a $500 donati
c. Circulation Report - Traffic: up 6.4%; circulath
(including 507 eBooks), book circulation was
eBook checkouts for this month was 13.7% of
items to partners and 188 items from other Ii
17%, children's use was up 61.9%, wi-fi use ul
up 60.9% of registered users, county 28.4% ai
There were 45 tech assists in September.1
3. New Business
a. A new Hotspot Policy was presented and disc
policy as presented, Kate seconded the motic
unanimously. Nancy handed out the current I
library and asked that members review and b
1
passed.
Nells, $100 donation from Charitable
n from Sherry Fenner.
n: all items circulated totaled 4,033
p 7.3%, media circulation was down 7.3%,
total book circulation, we circulated 1,079
raries; computers: internet use was up
96.9%; patron cards: city patrons make
d out of county users make up 10.7%.
ssed. Katie motioned that we accept this
i. The new Hotspot Policy passed
)licies that are already in place in the
ng comments at the next meeting so we
can up date our policies. This may take more than
one meeting to accomplish but we
are at least trying to complete them in a timely
manner.
b. The biggest item on the agenda was the mill -levy
discussion. After doing so valuable
research and talking to other library directors
Nancy has presented the idea of pursing a
permanent mill levy for our library. This would
benefit us and the City in a couple of
ways. Having a source of revenue that does only
to the library would free up funds from
the City's General mills. After much discussion
and calculation, it was decided to present
a request to the Council for a Mill Levy resolution
in January. We would like to see this
on the ballot for a vote in June if possible. Different
values were discussed with 44 mills
- being the optimal number. The thought is that
-this is sufficient to fund the library with
any extra going toward capital improvements
in the future. The median home value is
currently $167,000. The cost for a levy at 44 mills
for this price home was about $8.59
per month. We have a couple well-known citizens
in Laurel that are willing to help
campaign for the mill levy as soon as the Council
has passed a resolution to pursue one.
We looked at using the value per month rather
than the yearly cost of the levy and the
impact on children & technology for our community.
4. Old Business
a. We had 488 children, 283 older children and 8
adults participate in the summer reading
program. For the themed program we had 3 families
participate (beyond the Book Buzz
program offered through the school). Of the families,
there were 9 kids that read 36,465
minutes. They were ages 3 —16, 5 boys and 4
girls, with the highest time read being a
12 -year old boy. The grand prize of a kindle was
given to the highest reader.
b. There were 495 breakfasts and 1,279 lunches
distributed during the summer with 13
adults also purchasing meals. We are planning
on running the program again next
summer and applying for recertification in the
spring.
c. Nancy and Lela reported on the workshops they
attended at the Fall Retreat in Chico.
There are scanned copies of their notes available
for reading. They both stated that they
enjoyed meeting with the other librarians and
trustees and felt they received a lot of
valuable information to use in our library.
5. Other Items
a. Upcoming Items:
Nancy is taking a week vacation to goa
spa retreat November 12th - 18tH She
will be in contact via email or phone ifn
eeded.
6. Announcements
a. Next regular meeting is being canceled since t
month. The following meeting is scheduled fo
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its meeting is being held so late in the
December 8, 2022 at 6:00 pm.
Kate motioned that meeting be adjourned,
adjourned at 11:37 am.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy L Schmidt
Library Director
Secretary for the Board
NOTE: This meeting is open to the public. This meeting is
agenda items.
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