Minutes - 1991 - Eagle Public Library - 10/21/1991 - Regular EAGLE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OCTOBER 21 , 1991
Present : Marsha, Lynn, Pat , Liz .
Frank Thomason from the Valley News was at the meeting
for a half hour . He asked us to call with any news: 345-3413.
Call to order : 7 p .m.
I . Minutes read and approved Pat/Marsha
II . Bills and Payroll . Discussed the Finch Brown bill . Will
need to send it to Rowena. Looked at administrative costs for
the first year . We were close to the estimate. Still need
someone to work lunch hours. Joan Hill is part time now.
III . Looked at the closing financial report for fiscal year 1991 .
IV. Statistics show a 17% increase in library use.
V. Ann is working on reviewing what she added to the collection
in relation to the original plan. BPL is having problems with
vendor supplying new book orders and they are searching for
another vendor .
VI . No information on a new board member .
Pat and Joan Hill will attend "A Basic Fund Raising and
Fiscal Management Workshop" in Garden City on November 8.
VII . The Ada County Contract needs to be reviewed and resolved by
the end of December . Someone needs to meet with Diane Hoffbauer .
The contract needs to be reviewed . Ann will supply the board
with the numbers of how many county residents use our library.
That number must then be translated into a dollar figure and
compared to the cost of our non-resident card . These two must be
equal . The contract now states that Ada County residents have
access to EPL services without paying the non-resident card fee.
This does not entitle them to BPL services, however . Ada County
currently pays $5,000 per year . EPL will provide the necessary
statistics. This agreement allows reciprocal privileges for EPL
patrons at county libraries.
The proposal needs to be written: EPL is serving X number
of patrons . This means X households. The non-resident fee at
EPL is $30.00. Therefore the Ada County contract needs to be for
$X . This needs to be done by the November meeting .
VIII . We looked at the year end statistics.
We discussed the future-library-planning project . This
needs to be done by Ann and the board members with input from the
Friends. (Lynn is excluded . ) Marsha will get some possible work
dates from Marge Hooper and get back to the board .
IX . Officer slate proposed to stay the same. Liz/Marsha
President : Mike; Treasurer : Pat ; Secretary: Liz
X . Friends : They held their annual meeting in September . they
are investigating purchasing a different printer for the computer
so that Ann can print card sets on it .
The are looking at activities that involve the schools
during Book Week .
The are investigating display units for the end of the
shelving rows and looking for alternative ways to shelve videos.
And . . .The library needs a OSHA approved ladder . Approved
Liz/Marsha. Lynn will handle purchase. This will show up as a
negative on our budget sheets and we will shift funds later in
the year to balance that line item.
The front phone is broken. We are currently using an extra
from Lynn and will budget for a new one next year .
NEXT MEETING will be TUESDAY November 12, 1991 . 7 p .m.
Meeting adjourned 7:59.