Minutes - 2018 - Eagle Public Library - 10/17/2018 - RegularTHE CITY OF EAGLE
EAGLE LIBRARY BOARD
' Eagle City Hall, 660 E. Civic Lane
October 17, 2018 6:00 P.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER: 6:02 pm
2. ROLL CALL: ROGERS, MORTENSEN, HYER, THAEMERT
3. ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA
None
4. ELECTION OF BOARD OFFICERS FOR FY2018/2019
Motion to approve the election of Mortensen for President, Hyer for Vice President and
Thaemert for Secretary: Rogers
Second: Thaemert
All Approved
5. CONSENT AGENDA
• Minutes of September 19, 2018 minutes
• Approval of Bills
Motion to approve consent agenda: Thaemert
Second: Hyer
All Approved
6. REPORTS:
A. Director's report:
Mr. Bumgarner provided the board with the monthly report. The numbers of items
borrowed have almost doubled since 2003. He encouraged the board to attend a town hall
meeting on October 29. The Harvest Fest was a huge success. Mr. Bumgarner shared the
story highlighting the "Library of Thing's" when a guest located a missing wedding ring
using a metal detector checked out from the library.
B. Library Liaison / City Hall Reports (Council Member Mitchell):
Council Member Mitchell shared that the Harvest Fest was very successful. She also
encouraged the board to attend city council meetings and to utilize Mayor Ridgeway's
open door policy to share the concerns and successes of the library.
7. NEW BUSINESS:
A. Collection Development Policy: Request for Board approval for the collection
development policy. The change in the policy clarifies the selection process including
when local authors should be included.
Motion to approve the collection development policy as written: Hyer
Second: Rogers
All Approved.
8. OLD BUSINESS
A. Future of Library Services Update:
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THE CITY OF EAGLE
EAGLE LIBRARY BOARD
Eagle City Hall, 660 E. Civic Lane
October 17, 2018 6:00 P.M.
Upcoming meeting with Red Sky Marketing to discuss ways the firm may assist with the
strategic vision of the library going forward. Ms. Thaemert will report back at the next
meeting. Mr. Bumgarner shared there was nothing new to report on Cengage but should
have something to share at the November meeting. He also shared the need to gauge
when the time to request public support to expand facilities, especially considering the
future impact of climate change and the obvious strain that will have on taxes.
8. PUBLIC COMMENT: No public comment.
9. ADJOURNMENT: 6:38 pm
Next meeting will be on November 14, 2018, 6:00pm at an alternative location due to
regularly scheduled meeting time falling on the day before Thanksgiving.
Motion to Adjourn: Hyer
Second: Rogers
All Approved
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