Minutes - 2002 - Eagle Public Library - 04/15/2002 - Regular Draft/Notes—Eagle Public Library Board
Monday, April 15, 2002
Library Meeting Room 7 p.m.
Present—Liz, Vic, Terry, Don, Ann
1. Call to order 7 02 p.m.
2. Agenda modified to include an executive session. Approved: Liz/Vic
3. Minutes from March—none available at the meeting
4. Friends of the Library report:
• Book sale May 11 all day and a 1/2 day on May 12
• Friends approved purchase of a portable stage, step, curtain—on order
• Friends purchased large coffee urn for the library
5. Approval of bills Terry/Vic
6. Director's report
• Board looked at City printout and discussed percentages spent, where cost
overruns will occur and why, and what to do about each.
• We will go over budge on Lynx
• Haven't been billed recently by Courier—that cost is sky rocketing
• Next income from taxes won't occur until July/August
• Looked at statistics
• Discussion continues in consortium about issuing and renewing cards
countywide. Nampa, Caldwell, and Meridian would not be in this process.
• Compliments received from the YMCA on our youth services
• Volunteer issues. Volunteers are best used when staff identifies a need and
finds a volunteer to do that task. It does not work when patrons say they
want to volunteer and exactly what they choose to do. Both Ann and Terry
have had uncomfortable phone conversations with a person who wishes to
volunteer into a niche that does not exist.
• Ann described the staff drug training/screening. They had most of their
questions answered about privacy issues. All potential employees will now
have to pass both a drug test and a background check.
• PERSI meeting coming up. Ann may have to close the library during an
afternoon in order to get her staff to this necessary meeting in May
7. Committee reports—none
8. Unfinished business—Satellite Dish—Don has been collecting photos of existing
dishes in Eagle. There was legal notice about some change in the code
regarding mechanicals, but Stan was not at the meeting to clarify this. Don will
call Jeff Lowe and get to Ann about a meeting and a trip to the roof.
9. New Business
• Budget Ann checked the current law, the library percentage, and compared
it to information from the city. May :L1—the Board scheduled an 8 a.m.
work session to draft the budget. Terry will look for the laptop with that
formula in the brains.
• Summer staff/personnel-This part of the meeting was completed as the
Executive session.
10. Next meeting date: Monday May 13
11. Adjourn 8:05—Terry/Vic