Minutes 09-27-06
CITY BOYNTON BEACH
LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD
MINUTES
September 27, 2006
PRESENT: Eleanor Daly, Donna Harmening, Barbara McGee, Valerie Pleasanton, Jeannie
Taylor, Barbara Wilson, Interim Director Craig Clark
Absent: Dan Holthouse
Chairman Pleasanton called the meeting to order at 4:35 P.M.
The minutes were accepted as corrected.
CORRESPONDENCE: None
CHAIR'S REPORT: None
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Director Clark reported the expansion was going well. The move to
the new building is tentatively scheduled for January 2007. He will try to arrange for the furniture
representative to attend the next Board meeting.
A multi-lingual self-checkout system and a security system are on order.
The 2006-07 budget has been approved. Three and one half-new positions were authorized. The
Library Network Administrator can be filled in December and the other two in January. Janet De
Vries will be full time in April.
Eleanor Daly questioned if paperbacks can be catalogued? She feels paperbacks are the future of
libraries. Paperbacks will be shelved in the new library but it would be cost prohibitive to
catalogue them. Eleanor Daly volunteered to file them by author.
NEW BUSINESS: The Long Range Plan was presented to the Board for revue. The technical
budget has been over hauled. Craig plans to overhaul the entire plan in the future. Barbara McGee
moved to approve the Long Range Plan. Passed unanimously.
The State Aid application was presented to the Board. Eleanor Daly moved to apply for the State
Aid grant. Motion was approved by acclimation.
The DVD policy has been changed to allow seven days before return. The Board was in favor.
The new policy for unattended children was passed out. Action on this was tabled for the Board's
comments next month.
DIRECECTOR'S REPORT: The vacant Director's position will be posted until October 16th.
Craig has applied.
An offer was made and accepted to Michael Hall to fill the opening for Museum Director.
The monthly reports for July and August were distributed.
Chairman Pleasanton requested the secretary send a letter to City Manager Bressner stating the
Board's support for the interim director, Craig Clark, to fill the position of Director.
Jeannie Taylor questioned if there was a plan for training volunteers for the new library. Craig
said there would be training for Friends volunteers. Staff will do tours and greet customers in the
Rotunda after the opening.
The next board meeting will be on the third Wednesday, Oct 18th.
We adjourned at 5:30 P.M.
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