Minutes 12-11-02City of Boynton Beach
Library Advisory Board
Minutes: December 11, 2002
Present: Board members: Marion Grammer, Donna Harmening, Myra Jones, Valerie Pleasanton, Herb
Suss.
Library Director: Virginia Farace
Absent: Marva Collins, Dan Holthouse.
The meeting was called to order at 3:40 PM.
The minutes of the December 11 meeting were adopted as distributed.
Correspondence: Herb and Valerie sent letters to Governor Bush requesting that library budgets not be cut.
Donna made a phone call with the same request.
Chair's Report: Virginia, Donna and Herb attended the first anniversary celebration at the Schoolhouse
Museum. Crystal paperweights were presented to major donors; the library received a paperweight, as city
funding for the museum is done through the library budget. The paperweight will be displayed. Attendance
for the museum's first year was double the anticipated number.
Unfinished business: Virginia reported on the library's planned expansion. An RFQ for an architect has
gone out, and decision should be made by February. A projected timeline was discussed which included the
following: design and specifications to the State Library for review in July, and go out to bid in August. By
Dec. 23, 2003, a contract must be signed for construction in order to qualify for the state library grant.
The library's air conditioner unit must be replaced before the hot and humid weather arrives. Work is due to
begin in January or February.
New Business: none
Public Audience: Marlene Nielsen was granted time to voice her objection to the library's raising fines for
audio books from 5 cents to 50 cents. The library director and board president explained the reason for the
decision and the process by which the new policy was put into place.
Library Director's Report: Virginia handed out information on marketing strategies for libraries. One of the
steps is getting information to the public, and the Friends have purchased advertising on Chamber of
Commerce maps that are handed out to newcomers and sold at the C.C. office.
Virginia handed out questions for board members to discuss in January regarding subjects that are relevant
to marketing. Members agreed to submit their answers by Jan. 15, either in print or by e-mail
(farace_v@firn.edu), so that a discussion can be held at the next meeting.
Anouncements: none
The next board meeting will be held on January 22, 2003.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:45.
Submitted by,
Marion Grammer
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Glinski, Bonnie
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Wednesday, December 11,2002 6:18
Prainito, Janet
Glinski, Bonnie
Subiect: Library Board
Attendance at today's Dec Library Board meeting - Present: Marion Grammer, Donna Harmening, Myra Jones,
Valerie Pleasanton, Herb Suss; Absent: Marva Collins, Dan Holthouse.
The attached files contain the approved minutes from the previous two meetings: Sept 25 and Oct 30.
12/12/2002