HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 07.14.2009Minutes of the
Laurel Public Library Board of Trustees
July 14, 2009
Attending:
Clair Killebrew (presiding), Bruce McCullough, Christy Smith, Rachelle Tresch and
Nancy Schmidt.
Minutes:
The minutes of the June 9, 2009 meeting were read, corrected and approved.
Correspondence
Bonnie Priekszas made a generous donation in memory of her husband, Otto.
Circulation Report
Traffic for June 2009 was 2,918 patrons, up 50% over this time period last year.
Circulation for materials totaled 4,106 items, up 4.6% from June 2008. Circulation of
books alone was 3,574, up 4.5% over last June. The circulation of media content
totaled 532, up 4.1 % from last year at this time. The biggest increase in circulating
items was books, but only by 0.4%. There were also 976 internet computer users for
the month of June and 80 children's computer users. The total computer use is up for
June 2009 over May 2009. County patrons made up 29.1 % of all patrons.
Old Business
Bruce, Clair and Nancy met with CAO Bill Sheridan and Mary Embleton regarding
the budget for 2009/2010. We tried to impress upon both Bill and Mary the necessity
of increasing Geralyn's pay and adding another member to the library staff.
Nathan Baillett has been chosen as the new member of the library board. His first
meeting will be next month.
A luncheon has been planned for Gail the last Monday in July. We will all meet at the
Laurel Golf Course at Noon. Clair will pick up a corsage and Nancy will provide the
card and gift certificate.
New Business
Election of new officers was held: Rachelle nominated Clair as Board Chair, Bruce
seconded; Bruce nominated Christy as Vice-Chair, Rachelle seconded; Rachelle was
nominated as Federation Representative by Bruce, Christy seconded. All motions
passed.
Geralyn's raise garnered a significant amount of discussion. The board is unanimous
in it's appraisal that she is entitled to a raise to bring her up to par with her position.
The question that has arisen is whether or not the Budget & Finance Committee will
allow the expenditure. In the event that a raise is not included in the budget for the
Geralyn this year, the board is prepared to sent a written request to Bill Sheridan and
the Budget/Finance Committee asking for due consideration.
The Public Library Standards were ready and waiting for Clair and Nancy to sign
them before being sent to Helena for approval.
Rachelle will stop by the library on Wednesday, July 15 to complete the forms for
ILL Reimbursement since Geralyn and I are not able to find time to complete them
ourselves.
The library received a Library Grant check in the amount of $520.11 from the
Federation. Laurel was able to receive this money because Big Horn County Library
declined their share this year.
The Work Experience Program has requested that Laurel Library be considered a site
for "volunteer" help. We will try the program to see if it will benefit the library.
These are citizens that are required to `work' a stated number of hours to receive their
assistance from the State. Nancy will report at the next meeting how this program is
working.
Cheryll has requested that she be allowed to apply for Family Medical Leave. Under
the FMLA she is entitle to 12 weeks of sick leave (time paid if it is available on the
books) for a serious health issue. She submitted her request on June 25, 2009.
Belgrade Community Library has reported that a book borrowed by our library has
been returned with water damage. Nancy passed the information along to the patron
for whom the book was borrowed but she denies causing any damage to the book.
After contacting the Belgrade library, it was determined that the book arrived in
Laurel in perfect condition but was returned to our circulation desk with water
damage. We have asked the patron to pay for replacement of the book along with
processing fees charged by the lending library.
Time to address the Board
No one addressed the board
Next regular meeting
August 11, 2009 will be the next meeting.