HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 01.13.2009Minutes of the
Laurel Public Library Board of Trustees
January 13, 2009
Attending:
Gail Brice (presiding), Clair Killebrew, Bruce McCullough, Christy Smith,
Nancy Schmidt and Rachelle Tresch.
Minutes:
The minutes of the December 18, 2008 meeting were read and approved.
Correspondence
None
Circulation Report
Traffic for December 2008 was up 2.1 % over December 2007. Circulation for
materials was down 6.4% from December 2007. Circulation of books alone
was down 8.8% over last December. The biggest increase in circulating items
was again in media - 4.9%. There were also 649 internet computer users for
the month of December and 28 children's computer users. The total computer
use is up from November 2008. City residents account for 59.9% of our
library card holders, county residents 30.1% and non-resident card holders
10%.
Old Business
Gail welcomed our new board member, Rachelle Tresch. She is looking
forward to working with the board and implementing and sharing new ideas.
Nancy issued a `Thank You' to all board members for their hard work on the
pay raises. The raises were issued December 16, 2008 and retroactive to July
1, 2008. Library staff was very happy to finally receive their raises.
The panels for the lockers have arrived and are in the process of being
installed. Hopefully they will be installed by the next meeting.
Geralyn has requested that we not take any community service workers for a
few months. It has been agreed that will not take any until May 2009.
Nancy completed staff evaluations but did not feel they were very helpful.
The issue of keeping staff members or terminating them was discussed. The
board members agreed that the final decision would rest with Nancy. They all
shared their views and decided that the decision should be made immediately.
Nancy will make her final decision and let board members know what it is at
the next meeting.
New Business
A luncheon date was set for Margaret's `retirement' from the Library Board
of Trustees. We will meet at the Laurel Golf Course at Noon on Friday,
January 30, 2009. It was also agreed to ask the Friends group to provide the
funds for a gift card.
The issue of purchasing a microfilm reader/printer was brought forward by
Nancy. The previous director had promised the families of two former patrons
that a new microfilm reader/printer would be purchased as a memoriam to
their family members. The least expensive reader/printer that could be found
is a rebuilt ScanPro 2000 for $3,000. After discussion it was decided that this
item would not be cost effective for the library to purchase at this time. We
currently have a microfilm reader that works but our reader/printer does not.
Nancy will contact the families of the former patrons and let them know that
the new reader/printer is not going to be purchased at this time even though
the promise was made by the former director.
There is a Federation meeting March 21, 2009 in Big Timber. Nancy is
planning to attend. If no one else is able to attend the meeting Nancy will be
able to vote by proxy for the Laurel Public Library.
The Collection Management Policy is due to the State Library. Nancy will
work on updating it and email a copy to all board members for review and
comments. The CMP should have been done by December 2008.
Time to address the Board
No one addressed the board.
Next regular meeting
February 10, 2009 will be the next meeting.