Minutes - 1991 - Eagle Public Library - 02/11/1991 - Regular d
EAGLE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MINUTES OF THE MEETING +ebruary 11 , 1991
Attending : Lynn Melton, Pat Krasen, Liz Horn, Linda Phillips,
and Rick Yzaguirre representing the City Council
1 . Call to order , 7:05 p .m. by Linda, acting chair
2. Minutes of January meeting read and modified . Moved to
accept , Pat . Second , Liz
3. Bills and Payroll . The complete report will always be a
month late because of when the BPL closes its books. Trustees
signed a bill statement for BPL $187.08, signed the rewritten
December bill statement for EPL, and January bill statement for
EPL. Trustees signed WestOne document for the checking account .
The library funds are now in an interest bearing account with
WestOne. Putting library funds into the state account would not
have given trustees access to these funds as needed to operate
the library.
4. Consent items. Lynn explained that in the future trustees
will get a list of consent items. They will be able to question
individual items, but discussion will probably not be needed on
every item on the list . Trustees discussed a change in format
for the library statistics to show comparisons with the previous
year and the previous month .
5. Lynn discussed weeding the collection and possibility of an
on-going sale of some of the withdrawn books.
6. Trustees felt that it was time to begin ordering new books
and voted to release $1 ,000 for this purpose. Moved , Liz .
Second, Pat . The board also asked about the status of the $1 ,000
donation from Bertha Miller . That gift needs to be spent and
Mrs. Miller thanked again.
7. Old business. Ann has produced a plan for book selection.
ACLD--Mike will go to their meeting 2/13/91--Dian has a
contract prepared for us to see. Mike estimates that they will
pay us the $5,000 quarterly.
LaserCat will be installed with the help of BPL. Trustees
asked to have additional programs installed on the EPL computer .
WordPerfect is needed along with a spreadsheet program such as
Lotus 1-2-3. Print Shop would be another possibility.
B. New Business. Discussed the year 's calendar . Eagle Fun
Days will be June B. Trustees will ask Ann to find out how
everyone can help .
Summer Reading Program. BPL just not its material . EPL
might want to use it too . Film program has been successful in
past summers.
Lynn and Ann will work on a year-round calendar that
indicates what board business needs to be accomplished each
month .
EPL will be closed on President 's Day
9. Friends of the Library. No representative present .
10. March 11 , 1991 next meeting
11 . Miscellaneous. Lynn invited board members to call her at
home or at work if they have concerns or a new idea to discuss.
Lynn is committed to building a strong relationship between the
EPL, BPL, the Board of Trustees, and herself.
Home: 336-8467 Work : 384 4238
12. Meeting adjourned 8: 10 p .m. Moved , Liz . Second , Pat
Respectfully submitted,