Minutes - 2000 - Eagle Public Library - 03/13/2000 - Regular Eagle Public Library Board of Trustees
Meeting, March 13, 2000
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Present: Terry, Liz, Don, Ann, Stan
1. Call to order: 7:01 p.m. Terry called for any amendments to the agenda.
2. Approval of the agenda. Ann asked to amend the agenda to include an
Executive Session after adjournment. Stan asked to be included on the
distribution list for this draft of the meeting notes in the future.
3. Approval of the minutes. Moved and accepted: Liz/Don
4. Friend's report:
• Ann said that Saturday had been a great party.
• Tom Holloway of Albertson's had given us the decorated cookies at a big
price break.
• 1,074 people attended (including hungry skaters)
• The Friends have had to rent additional storage space for the book sale
books.
5. Treasurer's report: No report from the city.
6. Approval of bills: Moved and seconded: Liz/Don Additional bills drawn on the
bond were signed by Stan and Liz, representing the building committee.
7. Director's report:
• Ann said that we have been scheduled for the Pre-Council Agenda on March
28. Stan said he wasn't sure there would be a meeting that night (spring
break) Ann will double-check.
• An Eagle High student (Israel Rydye?) asked Ann's permission to film a re-
enactment of the Columbine High library shootings in EPL during regular
library hours. He was not interested in paying the $25 and filming after
hours. No faculty member was named as sponsor. The Board denied the
request, feeling it was a more appropriate venue at the high school,
knowing it violated stated EPL policy on weapons, and feeling wary because
there appeared to be no school or faculty sponsorship.
• Another Eagle High group, sponsored by the teacher, Ms. Greer, has
followed procedures to sign up for the Community Room for a diversity
project.
• Discussed skateboarding problem: noise, garbage, lack of parking when
Community Room is used during regular library hours, disrespectful
adolescents, smoking and the possibility of drugs...
• Looked at monthly statistics. Reciprocal circulation is growing at a huge
rate for patrons from Boise, Ada, and Meridian, among others. We have
current books and our staff gets the materials processed quickly. The Board
feels these statistics are a huge compliment to Ann and her staff.
• Ann said that she will attend a Consortium meeting this week and she will
express the need for more technical support. Every library in the
Consortium contributes money for the technical support, yet BPL seems to
get most of that person's time because that person is based at BPL.
8. Committee Reports: Library Policy. Ann & Liz will prepare the Book Selection
Policy for the next meeting.
9. Unfinished Business: Discussed Job Descriptions Ann handed out at the last
meeting.
• Liz expressed her unhappiness with the packet. There are grammatical
errors, there needs to he more parallel formatting to reflect levels of
responsibilities, and there were things in the document that were
inaccurate.
• What is the next step? We do not endorse or approve of these descriptions
as they stand. We do not want our employees held to documents of
expectation that we do not endorse. Stan said that they are trying to plan
equal pay for equal job descriptons. We contend that these library job
descriptions are not yet ready to be compared to any other job description.
10. New Business: Stan discussed City Hall and its space problems. He said one
option they were considering for meetings was the library Community Room.
The Board stated that City Council was welcome, but would have to sign up no
more than two months in advance each time like all other groups. We could
not guarantee consistent meeting scheduling and that might prove confusing to
their constituents.
11. Next meeting: April 10, 2000, 7 p.m.
12. Adjourn-7:54
13. Executive session met until 8:27.