Minutes - 1996 - Eagle Public Library - 01/08/1996 - Regular EAGLE LIBRARY BOARD MINUTES
January 8, 1996
The meeting was called to order by Donna at 7:00 P.M. Donna, Shara Dene,
Ann, Gary, Pat and Stan Bastian were present. Susan was excused.
Minutes of December 11, 1995 were approved by unanimous consent.
Financial Report: November's report was not yet submitted. December's
report was reviewed and approved.
Approval of Bills: Bills totaling $1,272.66 for January 1996 were
approved by unanimous consent.
Director's Report/Statistics: Ada County Library paid the balance of their
contract to the end of 1995. Ann explained the handling of tax forms for
patrons by the library. Almost all the new patrons have been entered in
the computer.
Donations:- Donna and Kendall Meier gave $100.00 for books. Eagle Bazaar
gave $150.00 for reference books. The donations were put in the Friends
of the Library account.
Dommittee Report: No report.
Unfinished Business: The letter from Ada County Library Board of Trustees
indicated that the board wishes to renew the contract for 1996 under the
same terms as the past year. 233 families from Ada County used the Eagle
Library. 85 Eagle families used the Ada County Librarry. The contract amount
calls for approximately $6,660.00. Motion made by Shara Dene, seconded by
Gary, to accept the Ada County Contract. Motion passed by unanimous consent.
Susan has been working on the job descriptions of Director and Librarian
for the policy manual for the city. The report will be completed this
week, at which time it will be reviewed by the board and submitted to the
city.
New Business: Library cleaning service; a cleaning person has not been
found as yet. A continued effort will be made to find someone. Donna
suggested that the cleaning service used by city hall may be utilized for
the library next year and be budgeted for this service. Stan will check
into this possibility.
Friends of the Library: No report.
Public Comments: Stan reported that the city is considering buying
3 acres behind Washington Federal to house a complex that would include
city hall, sheriff's office, assessor's office, county licensing, library,
etc. with the possibility of a bond issue for the library, with plans calling
for 12,000' to 16,000 square feet. Current cost would be approximately
$100.00 in new taxes per household per year. The questions posed by Stan:
would the board be comfortable in scaling back the size? what are the needs?
what are the costs? what will the voters approve? The city would like to
take the bond issue to the voters around May 1996. Stan also requested
that a board member or members go to the next committee meeting where these
issues will be discussed. This meeting will be held around the first of
February 1996.
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January 8, 1996
Stan also suggested that the board- meet with the designer from CH2MHill
on January 22, 1996 at the library. Stan will set up this meeting for
this time and have Liz Horn, former trustee, or Marge Hooper, ISL
consultant, also present.
Meeting adjourned 8:10 P.M.
Next Meeting: February 12, 1996