Board of Library Trustees
Regular MeetingMountain View, CA · October 18, 2021
Minutes
City of Mountain View
Minutes - Final
Board of Library Trustees
Monday, October 18, 2021 7:00 PM Video Conference with No Physical Meeting Location
This meeting will be conducted in accordance with City of Mountain View City Council
Resolution No. 18603 in accordance with Assembly Bill 361. All members of the Library
Board of Trustees will participate in the meeting by video conference, with no physical
meeting location.
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chairperson Max Beckman-Harned called the meeting to order at 7p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
PRESENT:
Max Beckman-Harned, Chairperson
Paul Donahue, Vice Chairperson
Phyllis Bismanovsky, Member
Elena Lopez, Member
Nicole Vogt, Member
Present 5 - Member Phyllis Bismanovsky, Member Elena Lopez, Member Nicole Vogt, Vice
Chair Paul Donahue, and Chair Max Beckman-Harned
3. MINUTES APPROVAL
3.1 Approval of Minutes from the August 16, 2021 Meeting
MOTION – Donahue/Vogt (M/S) To approve the Minutes from the August 16, 2021 Board
of Library Trustees Meeting as presented. Motion carried. Votes taken by roll call.
Yes: 3- Member Vogt, Vice Chair Donahue, and Chair Beckman-Harned
Abstain: 2- Member Bismanovsky, and Member Lopez
3.2 Approval of Minutes from the September 20, 2021 Meeting
MOTION – Lopez/Bismanovsky (M/S) To approve the Minutes from the September 20,
2021 Board of Library Trustees Meeting as presented. Motion carried. Votes taken by roll
call.
Yes: 4- Member Bismanovsky, Member Lopez, Member Vogt, and Vice Chair Donahue
Abstain: 1- Chair Beckman-Harned
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
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5. DONATIONS
6. PRESENTATIONS
6.1 Friends of the Mountain View Library
Two Board members from the Friends of the Mountain View Library attended and gave an
update on the activities and status of their fundraising efforts.
7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7.1 Library Card and Borrowing Policy
MOTION - Donahue/Bismanovsky (M/S) To approve the updated Library Card & Borrowing
Policy as presented and with edits given. Motion carried. Votes taken by roll call.
Yes: 5- Member Bismanovsky, Member Lopez, Member Vogt, Vice Chair Donahue, and
Chair Beckman-Harned
8. NEW BUSINESS
9. BOARD/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE
REPORTS
9.1 Library Services Director's Report
Library Services Director Tracy Gray provided Library services updates
9.2 Agenda Setting
Library Services Director Tracy Gray reported that future agenda items will include:
• Review Fiscal year 2022-23 Library Service Department budget requests
• Review Calendar year 2022 meeting dates and time of meeting
10. ADJOURNMENT
Having no further business, Chairperson Max Beckman-Harned adjourned the meeting at
8:17 p.m.
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Agenda
City of Mountain View
Agenda
Board of Library Trustees
Monday, October 18, 2021 7:00 PM Video Conference with No Physical Meeting
Location
This meeting will be conducted in accordance with City of Mountain View City Council
Resolution No. 18603 in accordance with Assembly Bill 361. All members of the Library
Board of Trustees will participate in the meeting by video conference, with no physical
meeting location.
Members of the public wishing to comment on an item may do so in the following ways:
1. Email comments to lb@mountainview.gov by 5:00 p.m. on the meeting date. Emails
will be forwarded to the Board of Library Trustees. Please identify the Agenda Item
number in the subject line of your email. All emails received will be entered into the
record for the meeting.
2. Provide oral public comments during the meeting:
Online:
You may join the Zoom Webinar using this link: https://mountainview.gov/lb_speakers
You will be asked to enter an email address and a name. Your email address will not be
disclosed to the public.
When the Chair announces the item on which you wish to speak, click the “raise hand”
feature in Zoom. Speakers will be notified of their turn shortly before they are called on
to speak.
By phone:
Dial: (669) 900-9128 and enter Webinar ID: 822 8271 8222
When the Chair announces the item on which you wish to speak, dial *9. Phone
participants will be called on by the last two digits of their phone number.
When called to speak, please limit your comments to the time allotted (up to 3 minutes,
at the discretion of the Chair).
For instructions on using the "raise hand" feature in Zoom, visit
https://mountainview.gov/raise_hand.
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Board of Library Trustees Agenda October 18, 2021
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. MINUTES APPROVAL
3.1 Approval of Minutes from the August 16, 2021 Meeting
Recommendation: Approve Minutes from the August 16, 2021 meeting.
Attachments: Board of Library Trustees August 16, 2021 Meeting Minutes
3.2 Approval of Minutes from the September 20, 2021 Meeting
Recommendation: Approve Minutes from the September 20, 2021 meeting.
Attachments: Board of Library Trustees September 20, 2021 Meeting Minutes
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Board on any
matter not on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three minutes. State law prohibits the
Board from acting on non-agenda items.
5. DONATIONS
6. PRESENTATIONS
6.1 Friends of the Mountain View Library
7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7.1 Library Card and Borrowing Policy
Recommendation: Review and approve updated Library Card and Borrowing Policy.
Attachments: 2021.10.18 Draft update Library Card & Borrowing Policy
8. NEW BUSINESS
9. BOARD/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE
REPORTS
No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Board at this time.
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9.1 Library Services Director's Report
Recommendation: Review Library Services Director's Report.
Attachments: Library Services Director's Report
9.2 Agenda Setting
10. ADJOURNMENT
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:
The agenda and staff reports are available online at https://mountainview.legistar.com.
Questions and comments regarding the agenda may be directed to the Library ServIces Department at (650) 903-6337 or
lb@mountainview.gov.
The Board may consider and act on items listed on the agenda in any order. Consideration of the matters noticed herein is
not limited by the recommendations indicated herein.
It is the policy of the Library Board that all evening meetings of the Board, including Study Sessions, be adjourned no later
than 9:00 p.m., which time is referred to as the normal time of adjournment. No new item of business shall be taken up by
the Board after 9:00 p.m. unless the Board has determined by majority vote to set aside this policy. In the event it appears
that the entire agenda cannot be completed by the normal time of adjournment, the Board may take up and act upon the
more pressing agenda items. All agenda items not considered at the meeting shall be on the agenda of the next regular,
special, or adjourned regular meeting unless the Board directs otherwise.
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the
Community Services Department at (650) 903-6400. Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to
make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1))
ADDRESSING THE BOARD:
Interested persons are entitled to speak on any item on the agenda and should make their interest known to the Chair.
Anyone wishing to address the Board on an item not on the agenda may do so during the "Oral Communications" part of
the agenda. For any agenda item or for Oral Communications on nonagenda items, if there appears to be a large number
of speakers, the Chair may reduce speaking time to no less than 1.5 minutes per speaker unless there is an objection
from the Board by majority vote.
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.3(b)(1), at least twice the allotted speaking time will be provided to a
member of the public who utilizes a translator.
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