HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibrary Board Minutes 03.12.2019MINUTES
CITY OF LAUREL
Library Board
03/12/2019 05:00 PM
Laurel Library
A Library Board was held in the Laurel Library and called to order by Arthur Vogele at 05:15
PM on 03/12/2018.
® Arthur Vogele, Chairman
® Dixie Feller
® Bill Hanson, Vice -Chairman
® Clair Killebrew
® Nancy Schmidt, Secretary
® Samantha Barnhart
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OTHERS PRESENT:
1. Public Input
Citizens may address the committee regarding any item of city business no on the agenda. The duration for
an individual speaking under Public Continent is limited to three minutes. While all comments are welcome,
the committee will not take action on any item not on the agenda.
a. Addressing the Board - none
2. General Items
a. Bill motioned the Library Board minutes for February 2019 be accepted as
corrected. Clair seconded the motion, motion passed.
b. There was no special correspondence to report to the Board.
c Circulation Report -Traffic: down 22.2Y6 circulation: all items circulated totaled
3.92l(including 492e book circulation was up5.g%,media circulation
was up4`8%,e800kcheckouts for this month was I4.896oftotal book
circulation, we circulated 848 items to partners and 141 items from other
libraries; computers: internet use was down 53.2%, children's use was down 8%,
vvi-fi use was down 18.2%; patron cards: city registrations made up 58.796of
library users, county patrons 36.4% and non-resident registered patrons 4.9%.
There were 41 tech assists in February.
3. New Business
a. The spring book sale isset for April 73m-77m,2Ol9. Sale hours will run during
regular open hours and volunteers are still needed to work the sale. If you know
of anyone interested in working the sale please have them contact the library.
6. The Spring South Central Federation meeting isbeing held Saturday, March lG!h
at the Billings Public Library. The meeting portion is scheduled to run 9:30 to
12:00 and CE training is scheduled 1:00 to 3:30. Everyone is welcome to attend.
There are a couple voting items inwhich vvewill need atleast one Trustee to
vote.
c. The C|Pbudget meeting was held yesterday, March 1Im at1l:OOam. There
wasn't anything definitive decided for any of the departments. A follow-up CIP
meeting will be scheduled by Mayor Nelson for some time in April.
4. Old Business
a. The closures on the library doors are working poorly enough that there is
concern over fingers getting caught in the doors. After some discussion Dixie
motioned that donation monies be used to pay for 4 new closures on the inside
doors. Clair seconded the motion. Motion passed. New closures will be
purchased and installed onthe inside wooden doors.
b. Montana Library Association ishosting its annual conference inHelena this year.
Trustees Hanson, Feller, and Voue|ealong with library employees Mike Furman
and Nancy Schmidt will attend the conference. Travel arrangements will be
discussed acouple weeks prior tothe conference.
c Montana Shared Catalog will be holding its spring meeting on Thursday, May 9th
at the Great Northern Hotel in Helena. Catalog training and Partners Group
nmeetingxvi||beschedu|edforFriday,N1ayl0t».K8ikeandNancyvvillattendboth
the MSC and Partners Group meetings aswell asthe trainings.They will leave on
the afternoon ofthe D m and return inthe evening onMay loth.
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d. The library budget for FY19/3Dwas turned intothe Clerk/Treasurer onMarch
7 th . A one-on-one meeting will be scheduled with the CIT and Mayor at a later
date.
e. The first staff meeting ksscheduled tobeheld Friday, April 5 1hat10I%0.
f. Nothing to report on the updated job descriptions for library staff.
5. Other Items
a. Mike and Nancy are the only staff members that still have anabundance of
vacation time that needs to be used before the end of March. Both are
scheduled to take a couple days off at the end ofthe month.
b. Clair Killebrew will be ending her first term at the end of June 2019. If she is
intersted in serving a second term on the Library Board of Trustees she needs to
get a letter of intention written and turned into the Mayor's office before the
end ofApril.
6 Announcements
a. Because of the conflict with the MLA Conference, the next regular meeting is
Tuesday, May 14th,2019 atGl0pmin the Community Room.
The Library Board adjourned at 05:59 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy LSchmidt
Secretary
NOTE: This meeting is open to the public. This meeting is for information and discussion of
listed agenda items.
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