HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 01.08.2008MinLites of the
Laurel Public Library Board of Trustees
January 8, 2008
Attending:
Margaret .Freund (presiding), Laurie Hickethier, Bruce McCullough, and
Nancy Schmidt
Minutes:
The minutes of the December 12, 2007 meeting were read and approved.
Correspondence
We received a Thank You note from Peggy Arnold for leer retirement
reception and gift card.
Circulation Report
Traffic for December 2007 was 1,379 up $% from December 2006.
Circulation for materials was 2,440 up 12% from December 2006.
I had erroneously stated that circulation of materials was down
from the year before (wrong calculations on my part).
Old Business
Geralyn. Stevens was hired as the Assistant Library Director to replace
Nancy Schmidt when she vacated the position to take over as Library
Director. The Library Clerk position was posted and advertised and the
hours were ,increased to match the hours of the other Library Clerk.
New Business
There was discussion. about allowing the purchase of new furniture far the
office area. Included in this was new furniture for Nancy's office, lockers for
workers in which to secure their belongings, and a "break area" for workers
to take a break away from busy areas of the library.
A date was chosen for the library to "Go Live" with the new card systeraa. It
is targeted as the end of March or the beginning of April.
Miral Gamradt has received my CIP proposal for the library. The proposal
included complete rain gutters, new carpeting, and new shelving to replace
what we have. We are looking at safety issues with the rain gutters. In some
places they drain onto the sidewalk which can create a hazard in cooler
weather. New carpeting is not an absolute but it would be nice to `brigliten'
areas of the library. The cost estimate far new shelving is only to replace
exactly what we have now. It would not allow for increased shelving unless
we find an amazing deal on the cost.
Bruce Schmoetzer from Wilke Industries, Inc. has asked to present a
technology presentation one Tuesday each month. He presents the same
program in Red Lodge and stated that it has become a huge success. We will
start his program here on February 12, 2008 and hope that we can garner
interest. It is a shoY-t presentation on whatever tech. topic is chosen for the
month (5-10 minutes) and then tl~e rest of the time is Q&A.
Laurie Hickethier has notified the board that she will be moving to Billings
and will be unable to continue as a member of oua- board. She will present a
letter of resignation so that we can find a replacement.
Margaret has made a suggestion that the library purchase "emergency"
blankets. It has been. stated that in the past when an emergency l~.as arisen
and a blanket was needed, staff members have given up their own personal
items to be sent with someone in the ambulance. To alleviate the necessity
of having this happen again the blankets should be purchased and kept on
hand. We will discuss this further at the next meeting.
Time to address the Board
No one was present to address the board at this time.
Next regular meeting
February 12, 200$ will be the next meeting.