Library Board

tu\qbel C. Fry Public Líbrory Boord Mínutes April20,2022 Members Presentr Morgorete Albrecht, Jenoh Hqmílton, Sue Kilmer, Mory Moore, Jeonne Riggs, Sora Schiemon, andLee Wells. Since Tnez Andrews wos obsent Sue Kílmer wos oppointed to choir the meeling. Jeonne Ríggs hod the Jonuory !9, secrelary's report. MorgoreTe Albrecht mode o motion to occept the mínutes ond Mory Moore seconded the motion. The motion corried. Sqro Schiemon gove the Líbrorion's report. COVID updcte: In keeping with the City polícy, sociol dístancíng is not requíred but recommended in the librory. Librory meeling rooms hove rèopen ot holf copocity. Progromming ís hybrÍd now. This summer they will chonge to in person programing. Stqff íng: Therewereno stoff chonges. The stoff members continue tokíng Public Líbrory Certifícotíon clqsses os off ered by ODL. Wendy, Stephonie ond Trisho should finish this spring. In Februory, FOLIO progrom for Story Time best proctices, Vol Kimble, formerly oÍ Pioneer Librory System presented o story time to porents ond children with staff obsørving ond then they did o troiníng with stqff who do or míght need to do eorly literocy progromming. Morch g-tt,?022 Sorq qnd Showno ottended Oklo. Librory Assocíotion's onnuol conference in Tulso, Ok. They presenled ot I sessíons. Progroms & ActivÍties: Spring progroms will be høld on-síte ond virtuol when appropriote. Sociql distoncing will be observed. The number of porticiponts ís limited by sociol distoncing reguirements in the progrom room. The librory will be hoving Boby Story Fun, Toddler Story Fun, Preschool Story Time, ElementorY age progroms,ond Upper Elementory BookClub. Outreachprogroms hqvenot storted upot thís time. We will olso be providing Young Adult progroms. Adult progrqms qre held monthly. The librory olso hos Poge Turners Book Club, Let's Tqlk About It, ond Outreoch for homebound odults ot Yukon Hills ond Surrey Hills Estotes. Monthly stotistics were discussed. Fundnoising/Budget: The Fríends of the Librory continue to hove book sqles ot the old librory every lst & 3rd Soturdoy eoch monlh, excluding City holídoys. fn Jonuory the Fríends donqted $4,000 from book sole proceeds. The budget process hos begun, Soro is osking for o roíse Ín poy f or the port-time stoff , $2,500 oddionol for moteriols purchosing ond to restore the line Ítems to 20t9-2020level. Soro meet with the City Monoger in April. The cíty will osk the City Council f or 3% stípend for city employees. The líbrory sign wos domoged lote lost yeor. The Lqdies Librory Club hos agreed to hove it repoired, opproxímotely $6,000. Thol ís the cost to repoír the domoge qnd switch bulbs to LED.  p2 The Lqdíes Librory Club co-choirs the Chocolote Festivol eochyear. Thís yeor they received just over $3,óoo. Other: The Gole Legol Forms dqtobase hos been octíve since Februory. The librory hos qdded Cypress Resume Dotobose. On fu\orch 25,the librory wÍll be closed to qdd RFID tagging blitz to the chíldren's books. This progrom will help on high volume check-out 6ef ore qnd ofter progrqms. old rne,ss: Thøre wos no old business. New Business: The compony we use for delinguent books is roÍsing their f ees. ft wos $8.95 qnd will be $11.ó5. We did chorgeq $10.00 processing f ee so we would need to odd to that f ee. This progrom hos been successful in helping us get bock long overdue books ond moteriols. Jenoh Homilton mode q motion thqt we roise the feeto $13.00 ond Mory Moore seconded the motion. The motion corríed. The library røceived o gront to odd o story wolk ot Kimboll Pork. It hos 22 posts for story poges ond or historicol informotíon. FqmÍlíes or indivÍduqls con go oround the pork ond reqd aPage of eoch post. The lst story will be Grady the Cow by Uno Belle Townsend. The ríbbon cutting will be Moy 10, 2022 at 10:00. We ore qll welcome to ottend. The meeting wos odjourned by Sue Kilmer. Recorded by LeeWells