Minutes - 2020 - Eagle Public Library - 09/16/2020 - Regular
THE CITY OF EAGLE
EAGLE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
MINUTES
Eagle City Hall, 660 Civic Lane
September 16, 2020 6:00 P.M.
A. CALL TO ORDER at 6:03pm
B. ROLL CALL: HYER, THAEMERT, SOELBERG, MORTENSEN, LEWIS
All present
C. ACTION ITEM: ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA
D. ALL CONSENT ITEMS ARE ACTION ITEMS. CONSENT AGENDA:
a. Consent Agenda items are considered to be routine and are acted on with one motion. There will be no separate
discussion on these items unless an Eagle Public Library Board of Trustees member, City Staff, or a citizen
requests an item to be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion. Items removed from the Consent
Agenda will be placed on the Regular Agenda in a sequence determined by the Rules of Order.
b. Any item on the Consent Agenda that contains written recommendations from the City of Eagle shall be adopted
as part of the Eagle Public Library’s Board of Trustees Agenda approval motion unless specifically stated
otherwise.
c. Minutes of August 19, 2020
d. Minutes of March 16, 2020 Emergency Meeting
e. Approval of Bills
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1: Thaemert
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2: Lewis
Unanimously approved
E. REPORTS
a. Director’s Report
Circulation is down overall due to virus. Budget was approved with 2% COLA and no merit. Other libraries
are starting to open again. We need to meet with City attorney related to masking policy and limited
browsing. Library Director did state that Library will get new carpeting and will need to close for browsing
during installation, though curbside and delivery would still be available. Due to multiple supply chain issues,
no installation date estimates are available from vendor.
b. Library Liaison / City Hall Reports Ms. Gold had no report, but was present.
c. Board Specialists Reports
i. Growth and Development Mortensen: we are holding for additional information from the City on
process for capital projects.
ii. Finance Thaemert: attended City meeting
iii. Personnel Hyer: reviewed amended job descriptions to be discussed later in the agenda.
iv. Foundation- Soelberg: nothing new to report.
F. OLD BUSINESS
G. NEW BUSINESS
a. ACTION ITEM: Hours of Operation Policy.
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1: Hyer
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2: Thaemert
Unanimously approved
b. ACTION ITEM: Job Descriptions. Annual review of library staff job descriptions.
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1: Lewis
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2: Soelberg
Unanimously approved
c. ACTION ITEM: Technology Plan, 2020-2025. Annual update of the plan.
st
1: Thaemert
nd
2: Hyer
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THE CITY OF EAGLE
EAGLE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
Eagle City Hall, 660 Civic Lane
March 19, 2019 6:00 P.M.
Unanimously approved
d. ACTION ITEM: Strategic Plan, 2017-2020. Motion to extend the strategic plan
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1: Lewis
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2: Mortensen
Unanimously approved
e. ACTION ITEM: Board of Trustees officer nominations for FY 2020/21.
i. Thaemert President; Soelberg, Vice President; Lewis, Secretary; Hyer, Past President;
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1: Hyer
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2: Mortensen
Nominations unanimously approved, vote will occur next month
H. PUBLIC COMMENT: This time is reserved for the public to address the Eagle Public Library Board of Trustees
regarding concerns or comments they would like to provide to the Board regarding subjects not on the agenda. This is
not the time slot to give formal testimony on a new business item or pending application or proposal. Out of courtesy
Chantel Wiles 1079 Eagleview Drive, Eagle, ID requested that the Eagle Public Library completely reopen with no
masks required.
I. ADJOURNMENT
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1: Thaemert
nd
2: Hyer
Unanimously Adjourned at 6:35pm
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