Library Board

MOUNT VERNON CITY LIBRARY 315 Snoqualmie Street Mount Vernon, WA 98273 REGULAR BOARD MEETING Thursday, September 9th, 2021 Minutes 5:30 P.M. – Resource Room The meeting was called to order at 5:32 P.M. Frank Repplier, Jessica Robinson-Bylund, Kalohi Clark, Lyne Olson, Joan Gordon, and Isaac Huffman attended. AGENDA ITEMS A. Approval of the minutes of the August 12th, 2021 Board Meeting. A Action little edit to attendance was made. The minutes were approved as edited. B. Visitors Report None were present. C. Surplus material Report We talked about the items we were discarding. Jessica shared a sad bookstore story, and we talked about the items that were removed in preparation for our more significant book order. D. Budget reports Discussion The review of the budget was completed. Revenue was discussed for the next months, including upcoming grants. We also talked about the projections for the year and where we are going to spend money for the rest of the year. E. Statistics Discussion A review of the statistics was completed. We talked about how expanding hours and programming will be used to grow statistics over the next few months. F. Director’s reports Report a. 2022 Budget, 2021 Budget b. We talked about the 2022 budget and its focus on restoring service. We talked about how the best path forward into 2022 was to spend a little less in 2021 to have the greatest budget rollover. We also discussed the larger expenses that were reflected in last month's budget, including the annual  payment for our library management software. c. Foundation Update We talked about the plans to radically grow the foundation over the next few months and the general plans for library funding. G. Advisement Discussion a. Outreach Policy b. Review of the framework for the outreach policy was completed. Some basics, including how outreach can work with building operations, were outlined. Isaac said a drafted policy would be ready by the next meeting. c. Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Policy A draft policy was presented and discussed for first reading. H. Around the Table (trustee comments/questions) Report/Discussion a. Frank requested a time to meet with HKP and get details on the new building. b. Lyne talked about wanting to learn more about the new building as well. c. Kalohi talked about the new building and his experience with passive house design. d. Jessica talked about the cool items we had in our collection and requested a report on how those items were working. She thought it might be cool if you could search the things online. She also noted we needed to have a way to view the Cascadia collections items online. e. Joan talked to the social worker in King County, and Isaac recounted coordinating with the local social worker about services. I. Board Chair’s Report Report J. Adjourn Action The next meeting of the Board of Trustees is Thursday, October 14th at 5:30 p.m.