Minutes - 1992 - Eagle Public Library - 03/09/1992 - Regular •
EAGLE PUBLIC BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MARCH 9, 1992
Present: Mike, Lynn, Pat , Gary, Liz . Stan Bastian. Jo Bollen,
city auditor
Call to order : 7: 10
1 . Minutes read and approved . Pat/vary
11 . Bills and Payroll . Signed .
III . treasurer 's report . Accepted Mike/Liz Lynn presented a
bill for last year 's audit . Mike and Jo agreed that it should go
to the city. Pat will take it to City Hall 3/10/92.
IV. Consent items.
Books added: Note how many new books have been added this
year under the contract . Far more BPL books have been borrowed
than anticipated . Circulation statistics are up .
V. Bob Lyon volunteered to spread the road-mix for the library
as soon as he has equipment available.
Collection assessment . Need the board's statement to decide
roles so that Ann can finish the assessment . Will have a BPL
speaker at the next meeting to talk about assessment techniques.
EPL staff is taking a lot of verbal abuse about the ACLD
contract . Mike talked with Brent Gardner . Their board lacks
sensitivity towards the needs of people. Ann has gone out of her
way to keep service smooth for patrons--especially the children.
ACLU was unhappy with the yellow sheet that circulated. The
letter was written to try to diffuse anger directed at the BPL
staff .
At this point Stan needed to leave for the sewer district meeting
and asked to make two points.
-requested a different meeting night so our meetings
wouldn' t overlap with the sewer district meetings.
-suggested that the city take over payments for library
services rather than EPL maintaining a separate checking account .
ACLD--Mike will meet with Diane. There is one Ada County
resident who lives in the Eagle area who is considering filing
for a board position on the ACLD. We need to support and
encourage him.
Vil . New Business--Audit report
-Jo recommended getting rid of our checking account . EPL
funds would revert to a separate fund on the city books.
-Jo recommended to City Council and the EPL Board that the
library audit be part of the city audit .
Gary said that consolidating the audit was okay and would
simplify the audit process.
Jo answered questions and explained the history of the split
audit . The BPL contract does not pose a problem for a combined
audit .
Lynn added that the City Hall staff has been more than
cooperative providing statistics.
Jo will provide a copy of the audit report to the library.
Move to combine with city audit Mike/Vary
Board discussed budgeting process in relation to ACLD
contract .
Vl . Old Business
ACLD contract . Suagested joint board meetings before next
contract . ACLD should be approaching EPL. The constituents
shouldn' t be burdened with the extra registration.
EPL board members signed the contract .
V1II .Review of Planning Workshop notes.
Read report .
Discussed our vision of the Eagle environment in the future:
continued tight finance, high growth, average age of residents
will ao down, technology will play an increasingly bigger part in
lives.
Library roles
1 . Adult--entertainment , continuing education
2. Community information center
3. Pre-school door to learning
Looked at the plan of action.
BPL hired a consultant to do focus groups. EPL asked to be
invited to watch a meeting being conducted . BPL will share
question-lists. EPL will pace its work towards doing focus group
meetings in October .
Eagle Fun Days. June 13. Ann will be asked to continue as
our chairman/representative
Farewell for Linda Phillips. We need to ask Linda what book
she would like purchased in her name. Mike will contact her for
social dates.
1X . Moved to chance monthly meeting date to third Monday of the
month . Liz/Vary
B:SO adjourn