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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-01-12 PLB MINUTES• • • 1·1.,·:: ,;!.;! l':I~ ::1;111 '1;j1 !i•.1· !!llll .... ; l!il,j ,1,1:1 '''" Englewood Public Library iii!!! 3400 S . Elati St ., Englewood, CO 80110 (303)762-2560 i!l!;: ----------~·11;; ,,_. ·,.: Englewood Public Library Board January 12, 1993 The regular meeting of the Englewood Public Library Board was called to order by Chair Larilyn Ashlock at 7:02 p.m. PRESENT: Larilyn Ashlock, Mary Dounay, Marilyn Brenengen, Doug Cohn, Jeff Davis, Gloria Ulrich, Valerie Williams, Stephanie Thiessen (left at 7:45 p.m.) REGRETS: Sunday Aigbe, Rachel Stoddard, Alex Habenicht ALSO PRESENT: Hank Long, Library Director, Donna Gottberg, Recording Secretary Roll call was taken and a quorum declared present. There were no scheduled or unscheduled visitors. 93-1 MOTION: That the Minutes from the meeting of December 8, 1992 be approved as presented. Moved by: Mary Dounay Seconded by: Marilyn Brenengen Motion carried. Chair Ashlock called for nominations for Chairperson for 1993. Valerie Williams nominated Larilyn Ashlock to serve a second term as Chair. 93-2 MOTION: That the nominations for Chairperson be closed. Moved by: Mary Dounay Seconded by: Doug Cohn Motion carried. Larilyn Ashlock was elected Chairperson for 1993 by acclamation . Ms. Ashlock called for nominations for Vice-Chair for 1993. Marilyn Brenengen nominated Rachel Stoddard for Vice-Chair 93-3 MOTION: That the nominations for Vice-Chair for 1993 be closed . Moved by : Mary Dounay Seconded by: Jeff Davis Motion carried . Rachel Stoddard was elected Vice-Chair for 1993 by acclamation. There were no committee reports. Chair Ashlock turned the meeting over to Hank Long for the Director's &RQI:L Mr. Long greeted those present with a ·Happy New Year.· Due to the lack of potential for growth of Cinderella City Shopping Center the City is looking at a possible 5% budget cut for 1993. Mr. Long is on a committee of Department Heads reviewing ways to increase revenue, or places where cuts could be made. If there is an across the board 5% decrease it would mean $38,600+ for the Library. At this point in time Mr. Long is not implementing the extra hours approved earlier for the Library. That is a savings of $9,600. He has already asked staff for input and would like the Board to be thinking where cuts could be made and ideas for bringing revenue into the Library. He did not ask. for recommendations this evening, but would like to have this subject brought up at the February meeting. Mr. Long noted that Cinderella City sales tax is 10% of the City's General Fund. Total Budget for the Library is $772,000 with the book budget being approximately $100,000. There is no effective place to cut in the Library except personnel and books. Discussion followed. The subject of volunteers was brought up for behind the scenes service. Mr. Long noted that volunteers are an asset, but cannot be relied on to run the Library's various service desks. Ms. Brenengen brought up for discussion the deletion of the Book.mobile and the reaction from the community. It is a very expensive item and charts sent our earlier by Mr. Long indicate there is no growth in Book.mobile Services. Another item discussed was the possibility of Sunday closures. Mr. Long realizes there are no easy or simple answers, but asks that members think. hard on this subject until the next meeting. Mr. Davis suggested a survey of the community and having them rate each department in their estimation of degree of use. He believes the Library is very important to the community as a whole. Mr. Long answered that he did not feel the City would want to survey at this time, but possibly somewhere in the future . Mr. Long announced that the Book.mobile has been repaired and back. on the road again . • • • • • • Mr. Long is still gathering information from area libraries regarding an ·Art Display Policy.· Item of note, the American Library Association Mid-Winter Conference is being held here in Denver, at the Convention Center, from Jan . 22 -28. Exhibits are free and are set up for Saturday thru Tuesday. There was no Chair Report. Members Choice: Ms. Brenengen asked if there had been any movement on the part of the Friends group? Mr. Long stated there was no change and it was still ·on hold.· Mr. Long also noted he has not done anything more regarding the ·1oan· agreement with Swedish. Mr. Davis said his good bye to the group, noting that he has enjoyed his service· on the Board. He further stated that he hoped there was a way that the Bookmobile could remain in service. It is a wonderful asset to the Englewood community. With Mr. Davis' resignation from the Board, Ms. Ashlock asked him to choose a book which will be added to the collection in his name and in honor of his years of service. He chose The Last 7 Months of Anne Frank by W. Lindwer. Mr. Cohn shared some articles on libraries. These will be placed in Mr. Long's PR file . Mr. Cohn noted that in the C_olorado Library Association newsletter it stated they were giving out buttons protesting Amendment 2. A non- profit association such as CLA i s prohibited from giving out political material and wondered how they get away with such a thing, and that they might find themselves in deep trouble. Ms. Ulrich said she had heard from the Colorado Rocketry group telling her that there had been trouble with booking rooms for their meetings. They would like an explanation as to why they could no longer meet here. They did not know if it was due to City meetings (which can bump any group) or if there was another problem. Mr. Long answered that he would check into this and find the answer. Mr. Cohn, along with all the Board members present, wish to thank Council for the service certificates and pens given out tonight. Ms. Dounay, as representative from the schools, would not want to see the Bookmobile eliminated. The schools are looking at a 10-12% cut and noted that there would be a meeting on January 26 at Sinclair School at 7 p .m. to explore areas where cuts could be made in the school budget. There was no discussion on the Statistical Report for December (end of year) 1992. The summary expenditure report for the Library Board is not available due to closeouts of year ending 1992. The Board thanked Donna for refreshments this evening. Meeting adjourned at 8:22 p.m. 1-13-93 dg • • •