Minutes - 2026 - Eagle Public Library Board - 06/17/2026 - RegularTHE CITY OF EAGLE
EAGLE PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD
MINUTES
Eagle City Hall, 660 E. Civic Lane, Idaho
June 17, 2026 6:00 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER
Meeting called to order at 6:01 pm by Almon.
2. ROLL CALL: ALMON, MOORE, MACOMBER, DEROEST.
Roll Call: Almon, Moore, Macomber, DeRoest all present.
3. ACTION ITEM.- ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, OR MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA
Roll Call: Almon, Moore, Macomber, DeRoest all present.
4. CONSENT AGENDA: ALL CONSENTAGENDA ITEMSARE CONSIDERED ACTIONITEMS. Consent
A.Approval of Bills
B. Minutes of May 20, 2026
Moore made a motion to accept the consent agenda and the May 20 minutes and DeRoest seconded. Motion
passed unanimously.
5. PUBLIC COMMENT:
No public comment.
6. REPORTS:
A. Staff
Steve Bumgarner reported that this summer has been unbelievably busy and should surpass their busiest month
ever by quite a lot. Our programs have been really well attended.
Summer reading shirts are available for $10 but they are going fast.
He made note of the photo op for the Foundation's BIG CHECK presentation next Tuesday.
He highlighted the cohort chart that provides interesting data on patrons in Eagle that use the library and that he
intended to include further data from that source in the future.
Recently staff members from the Boise Public Library visit the Eagle library. They were very impressed with
several of our programs and options for our library patrons.
Steve mentioned that a new discovery layer for the catalog called Aspen is a product that he really likes.
A discussion on Hoopla was conducted by Almon and Macomber. Currently patrons are allowed 10 items
per month but the costs need to be lowered. Steve was in favor of reducing the number of items that could be
requested from 10 to 8. The Board agreed with this proposal.
Moore had some questions about this year's budget where it seemed that there would be a lot of money left
over. Steve said he anticipated a couple of large expenditures at the end of the fiscal year would reduce that
excess considerably and any money left over would go back to the City's general fund.
B. Trustees
Macomber reported that the Friends of the Eagle Public Library planned to host an appreciation brunch In August
or September to recognize their current volunteers and to individuals who signed up to be future volunteers at
the May book sales.
Moore reported that the Library Foundation would be receiving a $4545 check from the New York Life walkathon
donation program during a BIG CHECK presentation at the library at 5pm on Tuesday, 23 June. Moore also
reported that Michelle Foerstel had resigned from the Foundation following the death of her husband and Ashley
Schreiber was elected to be the new Vice Chair.
Almon also announced the big check presentation and encouraged all Board Members to attend.
C. Council Liaison
Not present
D. Eagle Public Library Foundation
Not present
E. Friends of the Eagle Public Library
Betty Miller made a plea for more volunteers to help with their book sales and the storage and transportation of
their book donations. They have done an analysis of the time required to do each task so volunteers can judge
which functions they could help with.
7. NEW BUSINESS:
A. ACTIONITEM: Request for Review of Library Materials update. Update of Request for Review
of Library Materials form due to passage of Senate Bill 1448.
Due to the passage of Senate Bill 1448, it necessitated that the Eagle Public Library— Request for Review
of Library Materials be updated. Changes were presented to the Board with some minor adjustments. A
motion was made by Macomber to accept the proposed changes and DeRoest seconded. Motion
passed unanimously.
B. ACTIONITEM: FY 2026-2027 Proposed Library Budget. Presentation of proposed library budget.
The proposed library budget was presented to the Board for their review and approval. The original
proposal presented to the City Council was rejected and all departments were told to present a new
proposal with a 5% reduction. The City Council further stipulated that the reductions could not be taken
from a department's personnel budget lines. The Board reviewed the new proposed budget and Steve
clarified areas of concern.
Not reflected in the budget were three budget requests which the Council will consider later in the
budgeting process. These requests included tuition reimbursement for staff members, the hiring of a
Guest Services Specialist 2, and a reserves for facility plan. Steve stated his highest priority would be the
hiring of the Guest Services Specialist 2.
Regarding the reserves for facility plan, Councilman Kvamme suggested budgeting for the plan outside of
the capital project plan. This led to a suggestion that $10,000 be set aside for the reserve fund. This
reserve fund would stay with the library and be separate from the Capital Project Fund. This is what
previously existed for the library and allowed the library to save to acquire items. The Board discussed
this issue, and a proposal was made that any extra remaining funds from the fiscal year be put into this
reserve fund.
A motion was made by Macomber that the proposed budget be approve with an addendum that the
Board requests that the City Council return any unexpended funds to the reserve capital plan. DeRoest
seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously.
8. ADJOURNMENT
DeRoest made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Moore seconded. Motion passed unanimously.
Meeting adjourned at 6:52 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
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Bna lmon, Chair
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Mitch Moore, Secretary