HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 03.05.2002 r• MINUTES OF THE LAUREL PUBLIC LIBRARY
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MARCH 5, 2002
Note: the meeting was changed from March 11 so that the preliminary budget
could be returned to the city clerk prior to March 8
Attending- Marilyn Minch(presiding), Gail Brice, Margaret Freund, Katherine
Kucera, Bonnie Latham, and Peggy Arnold
Minutes- read and approved
Correspondence -We received the budget hearing schedule for FY 2002 -2003, the
OCLC contract for 2002 -2003, and the Federation Grant request form for South
Central Federation for 2002 -2003.
Circulation - Traffic for February 2002 was 1,424 up 3% from 2001, circulation
was 3,205 up io% from February 2001.
Old Business- The library received donations for 304 of our discarded books and
we will suggest a donation of $1 per box for the remaining books.
New Business- A motion was passed to give Peggy the authority to enroll the
library for OCLC services for fiscal year 2002 -2003. Department heads received
a purchasing directive from Mayor Bud Johnson that purchases to be made after
February 26th are to be `restrictive and selective'. The summer reading program
supplies are here and so far we have one volunteer interested in helping this
summer. The MLA annual conference is in Great Falls April 25-27. Bonnie,
Katherine, and Peggy are interested in attending the conference. We then
worked on the budget requests for fiscal year 2002 -2003. The meeting with the
budget and finance committee is March 27 at 7 p.m.
Next meeting- April 8, 2002 at 7 p.m.
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