Minutes - 2021 - Eagle Public Library - 12/15/2021 - Regular
THE CITY OF EAGLE
EAGLE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
MINUTES
Eagle City Hall, 660 Civic Lane
December 15, 2021 6:00 P.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER at 6:01 pm
2. ROLL CALL: HYER, SOELBERG, LEWIS, HOPKINS, RYZA
3. ACTION ITEM: ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA
4. 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 November 17, 2021, Library Board of Trustees Meeting
d. Guest Code of Conduct Policy review: this policy was adopted by the Eagle Public Library Board of Trustees,
May 13, 2013, and was last reviewed and reaffirmed, December 16, 2020.
e. Approval of Bills.
Motion to approve: Hyer
Second: Hopkins
Unanimously approved
5. 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
for all who wish to speak, the Board requests each speaker limit their comments to three (3) minutes.
a) Kim Thomas, 978 South Island Glenn Way, Eagle ID 83616
Kim conducts pet therapy at the library, and is currently hosting it outside. As weather gets colder, Kim is asking to
move indoors for pet therapy. Currently she uses a heated blanket and heater. All volunteers are vaccinated. Kim is
requesting that this program have an exception to the outdoor policy.
b) REPORTS
a. Director’s Report
i. Circulation for November was up from last year, down from year before. Total circulation was
40,000 items. Staff Development Day was successful and a good use of time. Staff attended
Eagle Country Christmas and handed out 1,300 bags promoting the library.
b. Friends of the Eagle Public Library Report
i. Lots of donations coming in. The Friends book scouted $1,100 of books recently. They have
been emptying the donation bin periodically. Board Chairman met with Steve and had idea for
the Friends. This generated some discussion at the Board meeting. The next board meeting is
th
January 11.
c. Library Liaison / City Hall Reports: none
d. Board Specialists Reports
i. Growth and Development: none
ii. Finance: none
iii. Personnel: none
iv. Foundation: The Foundation is holding a meeting tomorrow, more info to come
c) OLD BUSINESS
a. None
d) NEW BUSINESS
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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.
a. ACTION ITEM: Request for creation of temporary committees or establishment of work session to
evaluate select policies and strategic plan review.
i. Request for a work session or temporary committee to go over strategic plan committees. Also
to look at existing policies and issues that have come up with them. The whole board decided
to participate.
ii. Working session will be planned in 2022.
e) ADJOURNMENT at 6:27 pm
Motion to adjourn: Hopkins
Second: Hyer
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