Minutes - 1985 - Eagle Public Library - 04/22/1985 - Regular EAGLE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Board of Trustees Meeting: April 22, 1985
The Eagle Public Library Board of Trustees met on Monday, April 22, 1985
at the library with President Bev Hancock presiding. Members present
werp Glida ��t�.�elI , Chris Gaston, Susan McColl , and Leola Yucis. Ann
Gallinger, Librarian was also present.
Minutes of the March 18 were approved as circulated and corrected to read
that "Leola Yucis was excused" .
LIBRARIAN' S REPORT
Statistics and quarterly repport were noted. Ann reported that the
supplies were over the budgeted amount. Bills of $85. 68 were approved.
This was for the Doubleday Crime Club subscription.
FRIENDS
Ths jo E-iends and Trustees meeting will be May 8th to discuss the
fund raising for shelving. Kris Watkings is in charge of placing coffee
cans in stores for collections of funds. Bev and Glida will work on the
news releases.
Also, a ruling has been made by the State that the Friends is a
tax-deductible organization and also the tax credit applies to the
Friends.
ADA COUNTY DISTRICT
Leola and Bev attended the April meeting of the Ada Counuty Library
District. A draft of the contrart rconty libraries was presented.
Bev will meet with Lynn Melton to discuss the contract in relation to
Eagle. Eagle would get $15, 000. 00 from the district in quarterly
payments. This amount is not to replace local funding. Bev suggest that
the Trustees attend the District meetings the second Tuesday of the
month. It will be at Kuna library on May 14.
LIBRARY AIDE
Kris Watkins worked three months for the library. During January,
crbruary` and March, Kris worked 114 hours, and processed 497 book .
3ard discussed summer help and Ann recommended we hire Kris Watkins
for that position. Leola made the motion and it was seconded by Chris G.
and carried that Kris Watkins be hired at $5. 00 per hour with a minimum
of 20 hours a week, up to 25 hours a week with flex-time.
LIBRARY HOURS
A change in library hours was discussed. Opening on Saturdays was also
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discussed . It was decided to wait until until Fall to make any changes
in hours open.
The City has acquired a cleaning contract for janitorial service. .
UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS AT LIBRARY DESK
The issue of persons working at the front library desk who were not
trained or authorized was discussed. The policy of November 9, 1984 was
reaffirmed that only persons specified were to work at the desk. Susan
made the motion, Chris seconded and it passed that the name of Anita
Martin be added to the list.
BUDGET
A preliminary budget will be needed for May Chris G. and Susan agreed
to serve on the budget committee.
�I�LS
The summer reading theme will be "Seek your own adventure" . Summer
reading was discussed . It will begin the week after school is out and
end July 26. There will be four films at the school during July only.
MELLON Grant
The Friends will be given the grant to buy the series on America.
ILA will meet in Boise on Oct. 3 5, and PNLA will be in Eugene, Ore. Aug
21 24.
The Board discussed the "Standards for Public Libraries in Idaho" . It
will be discussed at another meeting.
Adjourned at 921 .
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