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Agenda item
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Responsibility
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Action
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Result
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| 1.
Roll Call |
Barrett |
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Present:
Brandtner, Cameron, Cruise, Hartsock, Herzberg, Laas.
Absent:
Voigt.
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2. Consent
agenda
Approval of agenda
Approval of minutes
of March
13, 2008
Approval of bills for
April
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Board |
Decide |
Motion by
Cameron, second by Cruise to approve the Consent Agenda as presented.
VOTE: Ayes:
Brandtner, Cameron, Cruise, Hartsock, Herzberg, Laas.
Nays: None.
Absent:
Voigt.
Motion carried.
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| 3.
Public Forum (limit of 3 minutes per person) |
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There
were no respondents. |
| 4.
Correspondence |
Director |
Point
out important items; pass around to read |
Items
were passed around for Board viewing. |
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5. Governance
Committee
|
Harstock
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Report
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President
Hartsock stated that new Director Steven Nielsen started on Monday,
April 7, and officially welcomed him on behalf of the Board. |
| 6.
Community City Relations |
Voigt/Cameron |
Report
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Board
Member Cameron reported that after speaking with the City's Community
Economic Development Manager, Steve VanDyke, there has been no
further development on the Eagle's property.
Board Member
Herzberg mentioned that when renewing her Life Fitness membership
this year she was given a discount for being a member of a City
Board. All City Board/Commission members received a letter stating
that they were eligible for a discount at the Life Fitness Center.
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7. Employee
Appreciation
|
Brandtner/Laas |
Report |
Board Member
Laas stated that the Board plans to have an open reception for
the new director in a month or two to give him the opportunity
to meet the community. President Hartsock indicated that the
Library Foundation would like to coordinate with the Board for
a Foundation reception to introduce the director as well.
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8.
Library Foundation
|
Herzberg |
Report |
No report.
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9.
Legislative Liaison
|
Cruise |
Report |
Cruise
reported that the PLA Conference was recently held in Minneapolis
and several BPL staff attended. April is School Library Media
Month.
The legislative
session ends April 22. Gov. Culver recently came out in support
of more funding for libraries.
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| 10.
Friends of the Library |
Barrett |
Report |
The
Book Fair will be held on April 11, 12 & 13. At the past two
monthly Friends Meetings, there have been email complaints relayed
to the Friends. Both complaints concerned the behavior of people
at the Members Preview Sale and complaints about the use of ISBN
scanners. As a result, the Friends have secured about 6 additional
volunteers to work on Friday night, in an effort to curtail inconsiderate
behavior by attendees. A short list of behavior decorum was compiled,
posted in several places, and fliers with same handed out. The
Friends will monitor the situation and reassess as needed.
At the April
meeting, the Friends agreed to support a Wish List of over $7,500
in materials and programming for the library.
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| 11.
Trustee training opportunity |
Hartsock |
Present
and Decide |
The
Director provided copies of information about an upcoming trustee
training session on Wed., April 23 from 6 - 7:30 p.m. in the library's
ICN Room. Several trustees indicated interest; others may contact
the library to be registered in the near future. |
| 12.
City marketing committee |
Finley |
Report
on progress |
Staff
person Finley stated that in the 2008/2009 budget, $50,000 has
been earmarked for marketing. Museum Director, Tracey Kuehl is
heading the committee. The funds are earmarked for use to promote
the library, museum, parks, fitness center, and public works department.
The committee has been working toward a kickoff campaign, with
a theme of Celebrating Your Mind, Body and Home. The kick-off
was originally planned for the near future. However, the committee
has now decided that it needs to reassess the direction of the
committee and how the funds can be best utilized. It is now expected
that a kick-off may be tied into the 4th of July celebration.
Some considerations
of the committee include the fact that the goals of the museum
and parks are different than those of the library and public
works.
The Board
will be kept informed of progress.
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| 13.
One Book, One Bettendorf |
Levetzow |
Report |
Staff
person Levetzow reported that the first One Book, One Bettendorf
event has been a huge success. With the 1700+ copies of the book
This I Believe made available to patrons, it is thought that each
copy has circulated to at least two or three people. Over 80 essays
have been received so far. WVIK recorded and aired two essays
a day for two weeks. The Quad City Times has been including essays
in the newspaper. The partners from the national This I Believe
program plan to continue airing the essays and will continue a
Quad City section on their website.
The library
provided several writing workshops with grant funds, with a
few additional workshops held off site.
The Thursday
events had over 100 people in attendance at both sessions. Three
people read their essays, which were highly emotional and very
well received by the attendees.
The library
will continue to hand out copies of the book to interested patrons.
Levetzow
felt that this might become a continuing event, but definitely
not done annually.
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| 14.
Global Gathering |
Finley,
Levetzow |
Report
on plans for next event |
The
2008 Global Gathering country will be China. Already several programs
have been set up including an appearance by author Ying Chang
Compestine, book discussion groups, a martial arts demonstration
and movie, and a tea demonstration. It is hoped that since Compestine
is the Asian representative for Nestle Foods, that she might be
able to provide a food demonstration session as well. There are
several art displays planned, including scrolls, costumes, paper
art, and tea sets.
Board Member
Cameron suggested that Finley contact Con Agra for some assistance,
as two of their large divisions are Chung King and La Choy.
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| 15.
Status of special library funds |
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Review
handout |
The Director
provided the Board with copies of the library's special funds,
as requested at the March meeting.
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| 16.
Director's report |
Nielsen |
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New
Director Steven Nielsen thanked the Board for the opportunity
of being selected Director. He stated that it has been a great
week. At next month's meeting he plans to provide visual aides
of graphs and charts for such reports as circulation statistics.
The Director
stated that he had a couple of issues to present.
He wanted
the Board to be aware that a volunteer recently fell (not while
volunteering) in the library and was taken by ambulance to a
hospital. He will be following up on this.
There have
been quite a few instances where youth are causing problems
on the property. Two patrons recently called in about the fact
that when they came to pick up their 5th graders, they did not
like the environment they saw at the front door. The Director
has contacted the Chief of Police and the Chief will be directing
police officers to drive by the library after school each afternoon.
The Director
plans to look into the cost of installing cameras outside the
library around various parts of the premises. He will report
back next month.
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| 17.
Trustee Forum |
Board |
Discussion |
No
action was taken. |
| 18.
Adjourn |
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The
meeting adjourned at 5:45 p.m. |
